Is this stupid?

jonnytabpni · Sep 11, 2009, 7:25 PM

Yes but it will not be bonded anymore, when connected like you suggested.

The LBR should be at the very front connected to WAN1 and WAN 2, with PFsense on the LAN side. Otherwise the connections will not bond. The ISP has eq. on their side, whic connects to your LBR.

So you will not be able to withhold the bonding without the original router….

BUT....Depending on the setup, you could use Pfsense as a loadbalancing gateway. But not bonding the 2 ADSL together into one external IP.

thanks for your reply. Actually, this isn't MLPPP bonding. This provider has special algorithms which bonds at the IP layer. So, the LBR will create a VPN tunnel with double bandwith.As in the picture, the output of the LBR will be a bonded output who h is designed to go into a firewall. The reason why I want WAN1 to go through pfsense initally, is that some hosts will need to go out via WAN1 directly

Supermule · Sep 11, 2009, 7:51 PM

Then it is a very shitty setup…. To be honest..... :o

jonnytabpni · Sep 11, 2009, 8:00 PM

@Supermule:

Then it is a very shitty setup…. To be honest..... :o

then could you suggest a better one that would fit my requirements? Thanks

Supermule · Sep 11, 2009, 8:08 PM

U R welcome :)

Get rid of the LBR and seperate the two ADSL lines…. Use traffic shaper and port forwarding/1:1 NAT on the preferrred ADSL for VOIP.

jonnytabpni · Sep 11, 2009, 8:38 PM

@Supermule:

U R welcome :)

Get rid of the LBR and seperate the two ADSL lines…. Use traffic shaper and port forwarding/1:1 NAT on the preferrred ADSL for VOIP.

Supermule, lol that's EXACTLY what I'm doing now.

The thing that attracts me about the LBR is that is get to enjoy 14Mb download and double upload which will be good for VPN stuff. Can you tell me what is wrong with my setup in the diagram? Thanks

Supermule · Sep 11, 2009, 8:55 PM

It is not the right way to do things…..

With loadbalancing on the Pfsense, i bet you would see better performance overall, than you see now on VPN.

jonnytabpni · Sep 11, 2009, 9:06 PM

What is wrong about it? The fact that and going back over to the WAN?

jonnytabpni · Sep 12, 2009, 9:47 AM

Folks I must also mention that the output of the LBR gives me an external IP and it's a true bonded solution, meaning that when it flips back to the WAN side of pfsense, it is pretty much a real WAN connection.

Another solution would be to use 2 pfsense routers (So the output of the LBR goes into a 2nd pfsense's WAN port) but isn't that a waste?

Supermule · Sep 12, 2009, 9:57 AM

Single point of failure…. You havent got a clue, whether it is the pfsense or the LBR that is the problem.

If you run a loadbalancing setup instead of this, it would be alot quicker to determine errors and correct them, than having 2 routers infront of eachother. Being the frontend that you have no control of whatsoever.

@jonnytabpni:

What is wrong about it? The fact that and going back over to the WAN?

jonnytabpni · Sep 12, 2009, 10:08 AM

Hi Supermule, I've updated the image in the link to provide more info.

I agree with your theory about the single point of failure.

However, given my current setup, I don't really think that's an issue (Actually it improves things slightly, as the LBR will continue to work with only one link connected to it).

Does the details in the updated image help at all?

Thanks

Supermule · Sep 12, 2009, 10:11 AM

No not really…..

Does the LBR support QoS and can you configure it?? And does your ISP configure QoS on your external IP?

jonnytabpni · Sep 12, 2009, 10:16 AM

Unfortunately not. I have asked both these questions to them and the answer has been no.

Incidently, DSL1 and DSL2 are coming from different ISPs

jonnytabpni · Sep 12, 2009, 10:20 AM

Oh and just to make clear, that there will be no QoS on WAN2 of pfsense.

The QoS issue is between the hosts that use only WAN1 and what the LBR steals from WAN1.

Supermule · Sep 12, 2009, 10:22 AM

Then if they do not support it, your QoS will only work to the WAN side of the PfSense…. No further...

If the LBR handles two different ISP, it will not be able to bond the two connections into one high speed connection. It will just do loadbalancing for you...(I believe), because your ISP should support bonding, and if it is two different isp's, then I would not think it does. Get rid of it....ASAP! Loadbalance with pfsense and route your VOIP over one DSL and rest of traffic over the other....

jonnytabpni · Sep 12, 2009, 10:25 AM

Supermule,

Thanks for your help but what you have said is incorrect with regards to the LBR. You're thinking of MLPPP bonding.

The LBR is provided by a 3rd party company that has developed special software. Their software allows the LBR to connect over 2 different ISPs, then create a virtual tunnel with twice the bandwidth. I've read reviews online and people are saying that in speedtests they are getting 1.5x - 2x the bandwidth.

I'll PM you the link to their website. I don't want to put the link here incase it gets flagged as spam..

Thanks

jonnytabpni · Sep 12, 2009, 10:28 AM

Oh and you're correct about the QoS thing. It's mainly upload bandwidth that I'm concerned about (As it's so little)

dreamslacker · Sep 14, 2009, 5:51 PM

Sounds like Xrio but the website does state that their appliances can actually do some form of policy based routing.

jonnytabpni · Sep 17, 2009, 5:51 AM

@dreamslacker:

Sounds like Xrio but the website does state that their appliances can actually do some form of policy based routing.

it's not xrio but very similar to them