[CentOS] Centos to use two ISP concurrently..?

[Arun Khan]

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Rainer Duffner <rainer at ultra-secure.de> wrote:
> Or better just download pfSense ( http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=46
>  ) and use it's Outbound Load-Balancing Feature:
> http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/MultiWanVersion1.2
>
> Haven't used that particular feature, though.
>
> That said, it could certainly also be achieved with CentOS (above
> tutorial), but good luck getting CentOS working on an embedded
> platform like ALIX...
> And for 2MBit, you don't even need an ALIX, the previous generation
> WRAP would be more than enough.
> (unless you need fast access to something in the DMZ)
> Wasting a full-blown PC/server on one or two 2 MBit lines is certainly
> overkill.

I was not suggesting a PC server to do load balancing - indeed it is
an overkill.   An older PC with 2 NICs could do the job quite well
(keep one standy) if 'Net connectivity is mission critical; roll your
own with any Linux distro as some else has pointed to the LARTC
project.

In the Pfsense product space, there are other solutions (e.g. vyatta,
voyage linux, clearos, ebox - the latter two being a bit on the heavy
side) that work well with embedded boards [1];
Or go for an off the shelf solution.  IIRC, netgear has router models
that do load balancing - cost under US$500.

[1] but limited success using them on the Atom motherboards.

-- Arun Khan