[c-nsp] ip load-sharing per-packet and RPF

Rey Martin rey.martin at qalacom.com
Tue Oct 12 13:38:34 EDT 2004


Yep, you have full control for outbound traffic, how about inbound?

the inbound traffic could be from any of them right?


rey


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marr, Joe" <jmarr at brodart.com>
To: "Rey Martin" <rey.martin at qalacom.com>; <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:12 AM
Subject: RE: [c-nsp] ip load-sharing per-packet and RPF


> Sure,
> 
> I'm a little dense today.
> 
> I have 2 AT&T T1s going to the same pop router; they have static's
> pointing to the serial interfaces (which are on the same router on my
> side)and I have 2 defaults pointing to my serials back to them. 
> 
> Based on the util. graphs, the look almost mirrored (and yes, they are
> reading different snmp interface IDs).
> 
> I've never used CEF to control my traffic in this manner before, so
> maybe it's my lack of understanding.
> 
> So it could be asymmetrical, but I had thought that that using the "ip
> load-sharing per-packet" resolved some if not all of that.
> 
> Is the load sharing doing roundrobin or something. If that's the case
> then why does several Cisco resources say that RPF supports per-packet
> load sharing.
> 
> Joe Marr
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Rey Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 12:44 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ip load-sharing per-packet and RPF
> 
> I think it's because your network  has asymmetrical routing (2T1 and
> load 
> balanced?)
> 
> rey
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marr, Joe" <jmarr at brodart.com>
> To: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:32 PM
> Subject: [c-nsp] ip load-sharing per-packet and RPF
> 
> 
>> Is it possible to run "ip load-sharing per-packet" and "ip verify
>> unicast reverse-path" on the same interfaces?
>>
>>
>>
>> I have 2 T1s that are load-balanced with my provider using "ip
>> load-sharing per-packet". When I set "ip verify unicast reverse-path"
> I
>> begin to lose every other packet. I had thought Unicast RPF was
>> compatible with CEF's per-packet and per-destination load sharing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe Marr
>>
>>
>>
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