[CentOS] Re: Internet Load Balancing and Failover

[Ugo Bellavance]

Shawn Everett wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Does anyone have any experience connecting two or more DSL/Cable modems to 
> a Linux box to provide load balancing and failover?
> 
> I've done some googling and found a few resources but very few solid 
> experiences.
> 
> I'm trying to optimize my LAN->Internet traffic for a bunch of 
> workstations.

I'd suggest using PfSense for that.  It is based on FreeBSD, but using 
OpenBSD's PF as packet filter.  Commercial grade features in this free 
firewall, definitely a lot easier to configure and maintain than a linux 
box for this kind of tasks.

Regards,

Ugo