On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> On 2010-02-23, Edwin Eyan Moragas <haa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi misc,
>>
>> i have two outgoing DSL connections using PPPoE.
>>
>> i've read about mpath in the FAQ (together with ifstated(8)) and
>> scoured the PF examples but i haven't found any straightforward
>> examples using PPPoE.
>>
>> any pointers or advice would be most welcome.
>
> Something like this pf.conf excerpt works for me with pppoe(4).
> I'm not doing any automated connection checking on this one.
> Never tried mpath with pppoe, I'm not sure if it would work.
>
> ...
> nat on vr1 from {($LAN:network), ($WIFI:network)} -> (vr1)
> nat on pppoe3 from {($LAN:network), ($WIFI:network)} -> (pppoe3)
> nat on pppoe4 from {($LAN:network), ($WIFI:network)} -> (pppoe4)
> ...
> # several https sites need subsequent requests coming from the same address
> pass in quick on {$LAN $WIF} route-to (vr1 11.22.33.44) proto tcp to port
> https
> #
> # otherwise balance between the 3 lines
> pass in quick on {$LAN $WIFI} route-to {(vr1 11.22.33.44), (pppoe3 0.0.0.1)}
> round-robin
> pass in quick on {$LAN $WIFI} route-to {(vr1 11.22.33.44), (pppoe3 0.0.0.1),
> (pppoe4 0.0.0.1)} round-robin
> ...
>
>
this looks like the way to go. i need some time to digest and implement this.
how did you go about managing connections if one of the PPPoE
connections go down?
