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

bmanning@isi.edu Fri, 08 March 1996 16:16 UTC

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


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--bill