On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > > > I have a fairly urgent need for load balancing two modems, but eql just > > does not work for me. All the bits are in place but all traffic goes via > > ppp1. > > > > There are quite a few steps in setting things up and I am wondering if > > these things have to be done in a specific order. > > > > How do I go about debugging this? > > > > You must make sure that the hardware at the other end of the connection > will also support load balancing (i.e. it must be a linux box, a > Livingston port master with both connections on sequential ports, or shell > accounts running SLiRP). > > > George Bonser > Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut? > http://www.debian.org > Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system.
Thanks, George. I was not aware of the Livingston and SLiRP details. At the moment I am just practising, using two Debian boxes in my shack with a modem ppp0 connection and a null modem ppp1 (or vice versa.) I have run out of ideas. Cheers, Lindsay =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 32.0125S 115.8445E vk6lj Debian Unix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .