Re: [squid-users] load balancing traffic through squid on systems with 2 Internet connections

From: Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:05:03 +0545

Hi George,

Siju George wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2007 12:21 PM, Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@wlink.com.np> wrote:
>> Hi George,
>>
>> Siju George wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a System with two Internet connections.
>>> Is it possible to configure squid to load balance out going internet
>>> traffic through those two Internet Connections?
>> To keep things simple, you can just use the "tcp_outgoing_address"
>> parameter in squid.conf.
>>
>
> It didn't work :-(
> I am running OpenSBD and using the route-to option in pf.conf
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/pools.html#outgoing

I am not familiar with OpenBSD systems.
How many network interface cards does this OpenBSD system have?
And how is your network setup layout?

>
> to load balance Internet connections.
> It is not multipath routing with two default routes.

Why don't you create 2 alias in your network interface pointing to the 2
routers having internet connectivity and then use the
"tcp_outgoing_address" parameter?

Thanking you...

>
> Thank you so much for the response :-)
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Siju
>
>
>

-- 
With best regards and good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Tek Bahadur Limbu
System Administrator
(TAG/TDG Group)
Jwl Systems Department
Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Jawalakhel, Nepal
http://www.wlink.com.np
http://teklimbu.wordpress.com
Received on Wed Nov 21 2007 - 23:21:29 MST

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