Re: load-sharing/load-balancing 2 T1s (fwd)

[David Whipple <[e-mail]>]

Can I third that cry...
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From: Erik Sherk  <[e-mail]>
To:  <"[e-mail]">ns.net">;  <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: load-sharing/load-balancing 2 T1s (fwd)
Date: Friday, March 08, 1996 8:25AM

> > Subject: Re: load-sharing/load-balancing 2 T1s
> >
> > Yes, as I sit looking at our DS-3 and our now somewhat useless DS-1's
(try
> > load balancing across links that differ in size by a factor of 30), I
sit
> > here and wish that there was an Exterior Gateway Protocol of some sort
that
> > did costing of links like OSPF does, but, Alas, there isn't.  Anyone
want to
> > implement one? :)
> >
> > At 03:09 PM 3/7/96 -0500, you wrote:
> > >This becomes an issue just a tad more complicated than 'tweaking the
> > >routing'.  :-)
> > >
> > >You will, of course, have to run BGP if you are not already doing so.
> > >Insofar as BGP does not 'do' load-balancing, it becomes an exercise for
> > >the reader to figure out how to manually direct specific portions of
> > >internal traffic in a distributed fashion across multiple external
gateways.
> > >
> > >- paul
>
>
> 	A cry from the community!
>
>
> --
> --bill

Yes, let me second the cry. Why does BGP pick only one route when
it has several options? Load spliting would be a valuable tool.

Erik