Re: dispatch-proxy : a means of faster internet access using multiple ISPs from laptops -- has anyone used it?
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 07:47:22PM +0100, Jérémy Lal wrote:
> Le mer. 10 mars 2021 à 19:20, Ryan Nowakowski <tubaman@fattuba.com> a
> écrit :
> > I haven't ever used dispatch-proxy but I've used shorewall[1] on my
> > router to load-balance among multiple ISPs[2]. The router-side solution
> > is nice because then any clients behind that router automatically get
> > the benefit of load balancing. Also, since it's tranparent to the
> > client, clients don't need to use any special proxy settings.
> >
> > The downside is that, by default, shorewall load balances based on route
> > so the threaded downloader-type client won't necessarily see a boost.
> >
>
> Not that i like opening cans of worms, but tcp multipath is supposed to
> address that use case ?
> And it's a CONFIG_MPTCP flag away, apparently.
> However i stumbled upon https://multipath-quic.org/ just now ! It's
> incredible !
Mulitpath TCP and multipath quic require both the client and server to
support them. But yes, that's probably the real solution[tm] to this kind
of problem.
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