[KLUG Members] RE: Re: Connection Teaming multiple Internet

[Bob Kanaley]

Adam,

I can't get any kind of dialup DSL or even ISDN in our location.

There were rumors of a POP going in that would be close enough to be usable,
but I think it is dedicated to the local airport. The local CO (Verizon)
won't open any more space for premises equipment. They claim everything in
the building is in use and have no plans to create new space or new
capacity.

I have been trying to get some kind of broadband for three years. Cable
finally comes through and intermittently it sucks.

My management doesn't like the numbers for even a partial T1 unless we move
our 800 number and 5 phone lines onto the T1. Only problem is, our PBX won't
take a T1 module. So, when I throw in the cost of a PBX upgrade they won't
buy in.

Management is happy with a dedicated 56K dialup for an SMTP server and screw
the web, until the accountant can't connect to the US Gov disbursement site
over satellite, the receptionist can't do FedEx Airway bills online, etc.
Then they want to know what the problem is.

I found references to two Windbloz based products that do connection teaming
but have not found any references to Linux apps that might accomplish this
same thing. One of the winbloz links was 404. The other, Vicomsoft InterGate
basically seems to do stateful routing of requests. A long download stays on
one connection, but when viewing a web page, for example, each http GET can
go out on the fastest connection.

I was kinda hoping Squid might be smart enough to do this same thing. Squid
and I had a disagreement a couple of years back and it left a bad taste in
my mouth :() I was hoping someone else would break the ice for me.

Bob

Robert V. Kanaley
Manager Information Systems
Agdia, Inc.
rvk@agdia.com
http://www.agdia.com

P.S. Peter, Thanks for the lartc.org reference. It looks very promising.
Before your post, I had downloaded the tldp index and an entire single
source copy. I had been working my way through anything that looks close.
Time, time, time is the enemy.

-----Original Message-----

>Have you considered SBC business class DSL?
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> Search the tldp.org howtos and the lartc.org
website for info.