Load balancing two ADSL routers - any recommendations?

[Chris G]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 03:28:28PM -0600, Victor Padro wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Chris G <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.  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?
> >
> 
> Pfsense is the best option.
> 
... but Pfsense is a complete distribution, you can't install it on an
existing server.  I want to use my server for other things as well,
not just for routing.

-- 
Chris Green