[c-nsp] load balance over two unequal cost links?

[Matt Bazan]

Thanks for the info.  Yes, actually, it's all TCP and I would like to do
load sharing...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: christopher_a_kane at bankone.com 
> [mailto:christopher_a_kane at bankone.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:34 PM
> To: Matt Bazan
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] load balance over two unequal cost links?
> 
> 
> That could be achieved with some metric manipulation 
> depending upon the 
> protocol/s you are running. I think the objective would be more load 
> sharing than load balancing. But, before you go down that 
> path, I'd be 
> concerned about the percentage of traffic that is TCP based. 
> Depending on 
> distance and loads, could you incur out of sequence 
> conditions that would 
> lead to so many re-transmissions as to render the solution more of a 
> hindrance than a help?
> 
> -chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Christopher A Kane
> 
> "Matt Bazan" <Mbazan at onelegal.com>
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> 04/14/2005 06:23 PM
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>         Subject:        [c-nsp] load balance over two unequal 
> cost links?
> 
> 
> Got the following:
> 
>   A----------B
>    \        /
>     \      /
>      \    /
>       \  /
>        C
> 
> Cisco 3640's.  T1's between sites. 
> 
> I'm looking for a way to load balance traffic from site A to 
> site B using the link between A <> B and A <> C <> B.  Can I 
> split traffic based upon a particular port on the A router 
> and load balance it using both paths to B from A?  Thanks.
> 
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