[c-nsp] etherchannel load-balance when un-equal traffic

Jeff Kell jeff-kell at utc.edu
Fri Jan 13 12:44:18 EST 2006


Suchy Daniel wrote:
> 3550 boxes supports only src/dst MAC load balancing. In your topology
> it's normal behaviour, because each router is identified only by it's
> own (one) source MAC address. IP src/dst load balancing is not
> supported on 3550. 
So, if two 3550s are connected via a L3 point-to-point, you're wasting
your time trying to do etherchannel?

Ouch!  We're doing this in several places and I presumed etherchannel
would be a bandwidth growth path if needed.


Jeff


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