[c-nsp] "HSRP with load balancing" - lost acronym

[Tim Durack]

It is really designed for redundancy at the access layer.

You get both links utilised, without having to configure multiple HSRP
groups and configure clients to use one or the other HSRP ip address.

Like David said, more useful for hosts in the LAN.

Tim:>

On 10/19/05, David Coulson <david at davidcoulson.net> wrote:
>
>
> Vincent De Keyzer wrote:
>
> > I have been told a few weeks ago that there is a feature that does what HSRP
> > does but adds load-balancing between the 2 (or more) gateways to it - while
> > with HSRP, all traffic goes out via one of the routers. I thought I
> > remembered "PLB", but it does not seem to be the right acronym.
>
> GLBP - Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
>
> It only does per-MAC load balancing. e.g. One MAC goes to one router,
> one MAC goes to the other. I found it to be rather useless, since I
> usually have /29s between customers and they have one active router on
> their side. However, if you've got a LAN with lots of hosts on it, it
> may prove useful.
>
> David
>
> --
> David J. Coulson
> email: david at davidcoulson.net
> web: http://www.davidcoulson.net/
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