10-09-2007 03:14 AM - edited 03-03-2019 07:05 PM
Iam having 3 links with 2 different ISP for the internet traffic. i want to achieve the 3 links active at the same time for internet traffic & the same time i need failover for this links.
10-09-2007 06:11 AM
is all 3 link are on same router ?
10-10-2007 03:59 AM
Yes sir,
3 links on the same router
Regards
srinivas.D
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10-10-2007 04:22 AM
Default route pointing to the 3 interfaces could be a solution for outgoing traffic, but incoming traffic would be a concern.
There are 2 methods to solve this: either use BGP with the ISP's, or use a hardware link load-balancer. Choice is entirely with admin based on his expertise over BGP.
10-10-2007 05:10 AM
HI,
Verify the possibility of Bundling the 3 Links for further usage.
As i know, Bundling will provide the Load Balancing as well as Fail over requirement.
Pls Rate if Helps
Best Regards,
Guru Prasad R
10-10-2007 09:21 PM
Dear guruprasad,
Thanks for ur valuble reply and if u dont mind can u explain clearly what is ment by bundling.plz give any exampls for this.
Regards
srinivas.D
9246571397
10-11-2007 12:33 PM
If you are using multiple ISPs you will not be able to bundle the circuits. This typically only works when all links terminate in a single device... on both ends of the links.
As for a hardware load balancer, that will only work for outbound traffic, not inbound.
IMHO BGP is going to be your only real option when doing multi-carrier bidirectional load balancing...
10-11-2007 06:03 PM
Actually, "hardware" load balancers can also balance inbound traffic. By virtue of NAT, they do so by allocating more TCP outgoing requests to circuits where more incoming traffic is wanted at any give time.
Since for most installations incoming is more than outgoing, the resulting unbalance on outgoing traffic is not a concern.
BGP is simply not possible for most installations. So what is done, is NAT to multiple ISP, with multiple static routes and multiple NAT statements. This works reasonably well. For the case in question, it wold be advantageous if the ISP providing two links, was to bundle them using Multilink PPP.
Hope this helps, please rate post if it does!
10-11-2007 08:28 PM
HI Srinivas, [Pls Rate if HElps]
Sorry for the late reply.
Bundling should be possible by using Multilink PPP but Bundling has to be done end-to-end (ie., at your customer end and at service provider end).
If not means, the Outbound traffic can be load balanced to various link but the inbound traffic from ISP cannot be assured.
Its better to speak to your ISP reg this requirement.
Note: 3 Links from 2 different ISP's and with this Scenario the Bundling Concept will not work in Normal.
Whereas the 1" Link from a different ISP can be kept as Failover purpose and 2" Link from an ISP can be Bundled with the help of Service provider. So you have Failover + Load Balancing facility availaible.
DO RATE all HELPFUL Posts
Best Regards,
Guru Prasad R
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