[LARTC] Basic iproute configuration questions

[Nguyen Dinh Nam]

If nano-howto doesn't work, you should consult my different approach:
http://selab.edu.ms/twiki/bin/view/Networking/MultihomedLinuxNetworking
the tutorial comes with a completed daemon so you have a handy solution
http://selab.edu.ms/twiki/bin/view/Networking/RoutesKeeperProject

Mailing List Account wrote:

> I've managed to get myself confused with what is probably quite simple 
> so if there's any definitive documentation then please give me 
> pointers. I've read and tried the nano.txt document, that's what I've 
> based my current setup on and it isn't working at the moment.
>
> I have two external links, a DSL link on eth1 and a cable link on 
> eth2. Both acquire their addresses via DHCP. The local network lives 
> on eth0 and has a static IP. The local network uses NAT to the outside 
> world.
>
> I need to be able to load balance between the two external links for 
> general outgoing traffic, force all outbound smtp traffic via eth1 and 
> be able to handle inbound traffic to various servers (IMAP, web, SMTP, 
> etc) on either link. My starting point is an old Pentium-2 box with 
> three network cards, running a fully-patched version of FC2 (kernel 
> 2.6.10-1.12_FC2).
>
> I had an old version that sort of worked on RH7.3 but it didn't do 
> load balancing (in those days the DSL link was an ISDN link so it 
> wasn't important) and handling inbound stuff was a crude hack[*] that 
> I'm sure isn't the best way to do things.
>
> So, what do I need to do? Am I missing a required kernel patch or 
> should the stock kernel be capable of what I want? Argh!
>
> Dave
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