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Networking Configuration for Mac OS X/Darwin
by Lost at 12:18 am EST, Nov 8, 2004 |
] First, since it is a "default", it makes some sense that
] there is only one of them (whatever it is). There are
] some systems that feature multiple default routes, but
] these are typically either routers, supporting complex
] route maintenance protocols, or systems that use more
] than one default route in a sort of round-robin scheme
] (called multipath routing) to balance traffic through
] multiple routers. Mac OS X/Darwin does not support more
] than one active default route. Okay OS X guys... how do you get OS X to do this? I want to get two USB wireless cards and pool me and me neighbor's wireless connections into one big fat ass pipe. Any ideas? |
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RE: Networking Configuration for Mac OS X/Darwin
by Decius at 1:35 am EST, Nov 8, 2004 |
Jello wrote:
] ] First, since it is a "default", it makes some sense that
] ] there is only one of them (whatever it is). There are
] ] some systems that feature multiple default routes, but
] ] these are typically either routers, supporting complex
] ] route maintenance protocols, or systems that use more
] ] than one default route in a sort of round-robin scheme
] ] (called multipath routing) to balance traffic through
] ] multiple routers. Mac OS X/Darwin does not support more
] ] than one active default route.
]
] Okay OS X guys... how do you get OS X to do this? I want to
] get two USB wireless cards and pool me and me neighbor's
] wireless connections into one big fat ass pipe.
]
] Any ideas? Forget it. Unless the operating system has some internal load balancing capability you can't really do this. Even if you are using your host as a router you typically would need to pull BGP tables from both providers (HA!), although someone may have written some silly program for linux that load balances uplinks on a per TCP connection basis. |
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RE: Networking Configuration for Mac OS X/Darwin
by Lost at 2:20 am EST, Nov 8, 2004 |
Decius wrote:
] Jello wrote:
] ] ] First, since it is a "default", it makes some sense that
] ] ] there is only one of them (whatever it is). There are
] ] ] some systems that feature multiple default routes, but
] ] ] these are typically either routers, supporting complex
] ] ] route maintenance protocols, or systems that use more
] ] ] than one default route in a sort of round-robin scheme
] ] ] (called multipath routing) to balance traffic through
] ] ] multiple routers. Mac OS X/Darwin does not support more
] ] ] than one active default route.
] ]
] ] Okay OS X guys... how do you get OS X to do this? I want to
]
] ] get two USB wireless cards and pool me and me neighbor's
] ] wireless connections into one big fat ass pipe.
] ]
] ] Any ideas?
]
] Forget it. Unless the operating system has some internal load
] balancing capability you can't really do this. Even if you are
] using your host as a router you typically would need to pull
] BGP tables from both providers (HA!), although someone may
] have written some silly program for linux that load balances
] uplinks on a per TCP connection basis. Load balancing is what i was thinking. And yes, per TCP connection. And its not silly! :) |
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