Dual-NIC Binding

[SWarrior]

Let's ask for the IMPOSSIBLE !! hahaha.....

If anyone remembers the concept of Dual Connection Binding that was successfully accomplished with Midpoint Teamer for Modems, I'd like to be able to do the same with NIC's (if it's possible) Here's the scenerio....

We have 2 sdsl links, and a gateway machine for each one. I would like to be able to bind two nicks together to utilize the speed of both lines.

theory...
nic 1-IP: 192.168.1.100
SN: 255.255.255.0
GW: 192.168.1.1
nic 2-IP: 192.168.1.200
SN: 255.255.255.0
GW: 192.168.1.254

both gateway boxes are connected to the same switch.
I'm sure that software will be needed for this, as it was needed with the modems (i.e. Midpoint Teamer).

Any help/suggestions/ideas please ??

-SWarrior

 

[jimbopalmer]

Dual WAN routers are commercially available

http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=36&FamID=43&ProdID=20

http://www.xincom.com/twr_comparison.html

http://www.edimax.com/html/english/products/BR-6524.htm

in addition, several linux utilities can do dual WAN routing.

Your challenge, which makes it 'impossible' is to have each WAN on a seperate server.

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[SWarrior]

Jim,

Thanks for the quick reply...

I'm actually hoping to do this on our lan, not the wan. We have two segments for internet. Segment one is for the users, segment two is for the servers. what I'd like to do is be able to bind both nic's and be able to use both segments. I do have access to both internet lines. If I disable either nic, I can download from the different paths, I can't add a dual WAN router.

Is there a software that would be able to acchieve this?

Thanks,
-SWarrior

 

[jimbopalmer]

http://www.smoothwall.org/

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[SWarrior]

Jim,

I've grabbed a copy of the smoothwall, looked at it, read their website, and it's not quite what I wanted. The smoothhost is the closest, but what that does is allow everyone on the outside world to utilize multiple internet lines to access particular web servers, ftp, etc... Fantastic setup, but for me I wanted to accomplish the opposite. I want to be able to utilzie both internet access lines and bind them together for the purpose of people INSIDE the network to gain increased internet bandwidth. This was accomplished in the old days of dial up with a program called MidPoint Teamer by binding two dial up modems and literally doubling your download speed. Hope there is still some help out there for me, as I've been trying to find a way to do this (cheaply) without an expensive router for several weeks now.

-SWarrior