[c-nsp] Load Balancing With BGP

[Rubens Kuhl Jr.]

IOS has a new feature called OER - Optimized Edge Routing, which does
pretty much that.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6628/products_ios_protocol_option_home.html

If your IOS router runs IP base you will need to upgrade to IP
Services or better.


Rubens


On 9/19/06, Chris Strandt <strandtc at littleblueroom.com> wrote:
> I have a semi automated way of load balancing our traffic across
> multiple providers, but I'm curious what else is available.  Its pretty
> painful to  re-balance at this point
>
> I know Internap has an appliance that looks at network traffic, and
> statistics, but its a pretty high dollar item.  I currently have 3
> Transit connections, using BGP, and will have 5 by the end of the year.
>
>
> Is there an open source project out there?  Maybe something utilizing
> Zebra, Flow Tools, and SNMP to intelligently load balance traffic?  I
> basically do this now... but its only 50% automated.. and using a long
> route map.