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    Can I use load balancing with 5 adsl router.

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      intelle
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      Hi, all
      If I have a computer with 6 NIC. 1 NIC connect to my LAN. 5 NIC connect to 5 adsl router.
      Can I load balancing with these 5 NIC.
      Looking for your answers.

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        peterclo
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        There should be no problem.

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          billm
          last edited by

          @intelle:

          Hi, all
          If I have a computer with 6 NIC. 1 NIC connect to my LAN. 5 NIC connect to 5 adsl router.
          Can I load balancing with these 5 NIC.
          Looking for your answers.

          Shouldn't be an issue.  I've heard of people using pfsense to load balance across 8 cable modems.

          –Bill

          pfSense core developer
          blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
          twitter - billmarquette

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            OrCAD
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            ok, but the FTP Helper? My balance don't work with passive mode…  :-\

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              sullrich
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              @OrCAD:

              ok, but the FTP Helper? My balance don't work with passive mode…  :-\

              FAQ.  Load balancing does not work with FTP.

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                hoba
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                And you need a rule to exclude traffic to the ftphelper from balancing. This also can be found several times in other topics:

                at the top of firewall>rules, lan (and at other internal interfaces if needed):
                pass, protocol tcp/udp, source any, destination 127.0.0.1, port 1-65535, gateway default

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                  billm
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                  @OrCAD:

                  ok, but the FTP Helper? My balance don't work with passive mode…  :-\

                  You didn't ask about that.

                  –Bill

                  pfSense core developer
                  blog - http://www.ucsecurity.com/
                  twitter - billmarquette

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