by In March I will be putting together a workshop (see
http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/twins97/ if you really care what it's
about) at an off-site location. I intend to provide Internet
connectivity over a pair of dialup lines through a Linux based machine
routing to an ethernet based subnet. Subnetting, IP forwarding, files
serving, etc. aren't a problem. I believe the most efficient way of
using the two lines is with the eql load balancing driver, and then
running ppp over the balanced line.
The only thing I am concerned about is insuring that the connection
stays up 24/7. For several other remote locations I use diald with a
great deal of success. No matter how often connections die, they
always resume within a few minutes.
Is it possible to use diald to keep up a pair of eql'ed lines? I
would want to automatically be able to redial either connection when
it went down. If not diald, is there another program that will redial
a line when it goes down and work in harmony with eql?
Or should I consider a different load balancing mechanism than eql? I
have been told that gated can do load balancing across two interfaces
to the same network, but I couldn't find much about it in the
documentation; how is this achieved with gated?
Any opinions from folks more experienced in these things than myself
would be greatly appreciated.
--
Jeff Lessem.