Load balancing two ADSL routers - any recommendations?

[Chris G]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:26:22AM +0300, Waleed Harbi wrote:
>    ebox I think the good choice for you, you can install it via APT or
>    download ISO image EBox based on Ubuntu.
> 
I did come across EBox while searching and I've looked at it harder now.
It actually uses Quagga for its routing set-up which I have also found
and considered.  Maybe I'll take a harder look at Quagga, I don't
really need the wholesale integration that EBox provides.

Thanks for the pointer though as it may well help me on my way.

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>    On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Chris G <[1]cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
>      I have two phone lines and two ADSL routers running with different
>      ISPs. These provide internet access for a small network of (mostly)
>      Ubuntu linux machines.
> 
>      I am setting up a small 'server' machine which, among other things, I
>      would like to handle the internet access by providing load sharing
>      and failover. A I've found various bits and pieces of information about
>      doing it myself (scripts using 'nexthop' and 'weight' in ip commands,
>      etc.) but I was wondering if there are any ready made applications
>      which would make things easier for me.
> 
>      I have found 'balance' but it seems more oriented towards balancing
>      load on multiple servers in my LAN rather than balancing load between
>      two routers linking to the internet.
> 
>      Does anyone have any suggestions for ready made load balancing
>      software for Ubuntu?
> 
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