Load balancing

Mon May 7 23:07:50 UTC 2007

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dan wrote:
> Hello,
> I currently have 2 routers with a single gigabit link (and corresponding
> internal BGP session) between them.
> router1 <---------gigabit------->router2
> 
> Simple setup. Now that we have reached the limit on this gigabit link,
> we are adding a second gigabit link between the same 2 routers, and we
> wish to load balance across them. Traffic is about 5:1 ratio of out:in.
> router2 has bgp sessions with several upstreams, and router 1 has bgp
> sessions with further internal routers. What is the best way to balance
> across these 2 links?
> 

Depending on the platforms, etherchannel/port-channel would be a fairly
straightforward solution.

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