.Dd 2005-05-25
.Dt transponder 8
.Os "Debian GNU/Linux"
.\" $Id: transponder.8 96 2005-05-31 17:02:37Z wsl $
.\" $URL: https://svn.fair.uvt.nl/branches/0.5/doc/transponder.8 $
.Sh NAME
.Nm transponder
.Nd backend node for load balancing services
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl c Ar config
.Ar address
.Op Ar address Li ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
For each
.Ar address
specified, registers with the
.Xr carrousel 8
program running at that address and announces willingness to serve connections.
It also transmits information about the current capacity,
so that connections are distributed fairly amongst backend nodes.
Multiple addresses may be specified for a single host for multipath routing.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl c Ar config
Read configuration from
.Ar config
instead of the default configuration file.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr carrousel 8 ,
.Xr fair.conf 5 ,
.Xr fair 7