[plug] OT: TCP/IP 'routing theory?' question from a student

[Simon Scott]

	No :) Not as far as I know

	I guess you *might* be able to set it up so youre routes sent out
packets to one half of the IPs on one modem, and the other half on the other
modem, but that is not even close to what you want.

	Maybe its a project you can start? To build this kind of
functionality into the kernel, so you can declare 2 interfaces to be
equivalent and the kernel will route depending on current usage.



	From:	Daniel <cottmain at yahoo.com.au> on 01/11/2001 08:25 PM
	Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
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	Subject:	[plug] OT: TCP/IP 'routing theory?' question from a
student

	Hi Plug, thanks for the answers on bare bones linux.

	What I think happens at an ISP -
	I picturize tcp/ip packets being able to find the 'best route'
around the 
	internet and I think of some isp with different connections (eg:
dish, and 
	Telstra, Optus ...)  I believe they can route traffic for optimum 
	performance, each with a fall back position where if one goes down
traffic 
	goes through another, and if it comes back up bandwidth is
immediately 
	utilized.

	At home on my humble linux box firewall -
	I have one line out to one ISP.  I also have a modem I can dial out
while 
	my account to another ISP is still current.
	Can I use both transparently to machines networked to the box. ie if
I am 
	downloading one file it can use full bandwidth from both?

	(I am aware of some multiplexing that can combine bandwidth from two
lines 
	if the software is on client machine and at ISP - these ISPs aren't
likely 
	to work together on this)

	Thank you,
	Daniel.



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