Hi, I have two external modems (alcatel speech touch home) coming from two different ISP that provide me with an ADSL connexion each. Token separately, each modem/adsl line works fine (using pppoe from the SuSE 7.2 distribution). So far so good. Now, I want both lines to be up at the same time (I can put a dedicated NIC for each modem) but for this I need to have 2 pppoed/ppp processes at the same time. Obviously, pppoed can't do it if I do not hack the code. Anybody does it before ? Just to let you know, that configuration is supposed to provide me with some basic load balancing and better availability. Any advice welcome, Olivier.
* Olivier Hislaire; <O.Hislaire@msg-i.com> on 03 Jul, 2002 wrote:
Hi,
I have two external modems (alcatel speech touch home) coming from two different ISP that provide me with an ADSL connexion each. Token separately, each modem/adsl line works fine (using pppoe from the SuSE 7.2 distribution). So far so good.
Now, I want both lines to be up at the same time (I can put a dedicated NIC for each modem) but for this I need to have 2 pppoed/ppp processes at the same time. Obviously, pppoed can't do it if I do not hack the code. Anybody does it before ?
If my memory is not playing with me Alcatel Speedtouch home modems should be configurable via a webbrowser and they can make the connection by themselves to the ISP ( meaning no need to run pppoe from your linux box) and all you have to configure would be inside LAN and NAT Have you checked the manuals of the modems HTH -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx
On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 12:42, Olivier Hislaire wrote:
Hi,
I have two external modems (alcatel speech touch home) coming from two different ISP that provide me with an ADSL connexion each. Token separately, each modem/adsl line works fine (using pppoe from the SuSE 7.2 distribution). So far so good.
Don't know about the other clients, but you can do it with Roaring Penguin. All you need to do is: (1) copy the config file /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf to sometime like pppoe1.conf and change to ETH= line to the interface of the other card, (2) Copy the init script to sometime like adsl-start1 and change the line CONFIG=/etc/ppp/pppoe.conf to CONFIG=/etc/ppp/pppoe1.conf. You can now start the first interface with adsl-start and the second with adsl-start1. I would recommend that you use the kernel plugin with Roaring Penguin. It has worked for me flawlessly. Charles -- "All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory..." (By Larry Wall)
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