I have two link between to locations each of 16MB. See teh topology 1.1.1.1/8 1.1.1.2/8 Gig0/1 Gig0/1 HostA-------------|ROUTER1|--------------------------| ROuter2|------------HOstB | | Gig0/0 Gig0/0 | | 172.16.1.1 |7206 |--------------------------| 7206 | 172.16.2.2 2.2.2.1/8 2.2.2.2/8 I have two link between to locations each of 16MB.. We are using SDM link between to router. COnfig on router 1 ==================== ip cef inte gig0/1 ip ADDRESS 1.1.1.1 25.0.0.0 ip load shareing per-packet no ip proxy-arp no ip mroute-cache no autonegotiation load-interval 30 dulpex full speed 100 media type RJ45 inte gig0/0 ip ADDRESS 2.2.2.1 25.0.0.0 ip load shareing per-packet no ip proxy-arp no ip mroute-cache no autonegotiation load-interval 30 dulpex full speed 100 media type RJ45 ip route 172.16.2.0 255.255.255.0 1.1.1.2 ip route 172.16.2.0 255.255.255.0 2.2.2.2 =================== COnfig on router2 =================== ip cef inte gig0/1 ip ADDRESS 1.1.1.2 25.0.0.0 ip load shareing per-packet no ip proxy-arp no ip mroute-cache no autonegotiation load-interval 30 dulpex full speed 100 media type RJ45 inte gig0/0 ip ADDRESS 2.2.2.2 25.0.0.0 ip load shareing per-packet no ip proxy-arp no ip mroute-cache no autonegotiation load-interval 30 dulpex full speed 100 media type RJ45 ip route 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 1.1.1.1 ip route 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 2.2.2.1 Now with this config... When i m doing FTP(20 MB) from host A to Host B then i geting very low threwput on both link....i m geting aound 20% therwput. If i remove one link then i m geting 100% thoughput on the remained link. PLease let me know where is root cause of problem ?If u are haveing any alternate solutions for same (to load balance )let me know.