two networks in one server?

[krad]

On 9 October 2011 12:38, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk>wrote:

> On 09/10/2011 10:36, pepe wrote:
> > I'm just asking before trying if it possible to use two network uplinks
> in
> > one server so other would be just backup way in?
> > I have currently connection from two ISPs and server is up with one
> > connection. Is it possible to add another nic and wire that to connection
> > from another isp? So isp 1 would be in normal use in/out, but isp 2 could
> be
> > used connecting in?
>
> This is a very commonly asked question around the Internet.
>
> The answer is -- it's a lot harder to do properly than you might think.
>  Requires understanding Internet routing protocols like BGP and you will
> need the cooperation of both ISPs to make it all work.
>
> However there is a "light" version which might work for you.  Keywords
> here are "policy based routing."  In this case you can use firewall
> software to forward packets by an alternate gateway.  This only affects
> the outward path from your system: no good at all if all the incoming
> traffic is using an uplink that fails, but you can use it to load
> balance across multiple links.
>
>        Cheers,
>
>        Matthew
>
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>

There is a simpler version now in freebsd. You could spawn an additional
version of sshd with the setfib command, and have a different default route
in the relevant fib table. If you have a bunch of services you need to run
like that maybe you could wrap them up in a jail and use the fib on the
jail. Have a look at setfib.

NOTE: it appears you need to set a compile time option for your kernel
"options ROUTETABLES=X" where X is the number of routing tables you require