Let’s say I have one LAN interface in my MT router (connected to a switch and my PC), and two more active PPPoE interfaces in it which are actually running connections to my local ISPs with static IP addresses.
Is there any way I can use ISP1 for all my download traffic and ISP2 for all my upload traffic at the same time?
How to realize this setup? Any ideas? Is this actually possible?
The question is short, but I’m also hoping that the anwser will be short as well
Thanks in advance for your help!
if isp1 will let you send packets with source ips from isp2 then there is no problems. people do this all the time without even knowing it. just send your packets out one gateway with a source ip of the other so it comes back another route.
if the provider is paying attention and doing BCP38 then you wont get it to work.
Thanks! I’ll try to give your suggestion a go! So, I’m guessing I’ll have to do a src-nat in order to spoof the source IP? (or is there something else I should watch out for?)
Sattelite links usually control both lines. land and sat.
If your provider does not specifically allow you this kind of access, then your download will arrive the same line you made the request.
And, its “best practice” among isp’s to not allow source ip address not one that you have.
Correct - BCP38 - Best Common Practice #38. That deals with source spoofing. I bet 90% of the people providing internet access here don’t do this : ) Try sending packets out using 192.168.1.1 and I bet they will make it. Amazing how many people don’t control their networks properly.
You know… those 90% of all these “I know everything I need to know” are responsible for 101% of all the spam and relaying and proxying in the net… that eats my bandwidth, my time, and my brain…
