[Imc-tech] cool networking stuff

[Paul Riismandel]

Zach -- what's the other ISP, and what's the bandwidth?

The QoS bandwitdh shaping sounds cool and should really improve 
responsiveness I reckon.

--Paul

Zachary C. Miller wrote:

>I'm playing with some really cool networking stuff on the groogroo
>server. I've now got two different ISPs connected via two different
>ethernet cards and I'm coordinating them both through the iproute2
>Advanced Linux Router stuff which just lets you do about anything you
>can possibly imagine.
>
>Right now access to the UCIMC website is exactly as it has always been
>(strictly over the soltec DSL) but during the next week I will be
>experimenting with load balancing these two connections. This should
>bring a major increase in the server's available bandwidth.
>
>I am also going to play with some Quality of Service bandwidth shaping
>stuff that should make it so that even when all teh bandwidth is in
>use from big downloads, interactive ssh sessions will still be
>responsive.
>
>Anyway, if anyone wants to learn about this cool advanced router stuff
>let me know. It has been a slow process to learn but I'm loving it.
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