Also forgot to mention be sure to adjust the metric costs on both sides of the link that your adjusting. Otherwise you could end up with weird stuff link all download traffic going through one path and all upload traffic coming through the other path.
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul, > > I have done this before and it works pretty easily. So if you want to send > half the traffic through the one backhaul and then half through another > path, just manually adjust the metric cost on the routers that are on the > closer hop count to a higher value until it is the same exact cost for > traffic to go both paths. Then it will evenly split the traffic between > paths. You have to be careuful that both backhauls have the same capacity > otherwise if one starts to peak out (might be running lower modulation) you > may get some weird results. > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Carl Peterson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> That solution is brilliant. >> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Here's an article about some innovative way to do this... >>> >>> http://www.stubarea51.net/2016/10/27/wisp-design-using-ospf- >>> to-build-a-transit-fabric-over-unequal-links/ >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Faisal Imtiaz >>> Snappy Internet & Telecom >>> 7266 SW 48 Street >>> Miami, FL 33155 >>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 >>> >>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From: *"Paul McCall" <[email protected]> >>> *To: *[email protected] >>> *Sent: *Tuesday, December 6, 2016 11:33:42 AM >>> *Subject: *[AFMUG] Splitting Network Traffic in an OSPF environment >>> >>> Did get to finish this… >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul McCall >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 6, 2016 11:32 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Splitting Network Traffic in an OSPF enviroment >>> >>> >>> >>> We have a “feed tower” that feeds several other towers (some directly, >>> some a hop or 2 away) and its main BH (AirFiber 5x) is nearing capacity. >>> All 3.65 spectrum is used up, and same with 5 Ghz. The secondary that sits >>> largely unused (non-preferred OSPF path) has about 100Mbit capacity and we >>> would like to somehow split our load from the feed tower. All the >>> “subtowers” are on their own subnet(s) all running OSPF on a Mikrotik at >>> each tower. >>> >>> >>> >>> OSPF pretty much is all or nothing when picking a path. There has to be >>> a simple way of making this work. >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul McCall, President >>> >>> PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. >>> >>> 658 Old Dixie Highway >>> >>> Vero Beach, FL 32962 >>> >>> 772-564-6800 >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> www.pdmnet.com >>> >>> www.floridabroadband.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Carl Peterson >> >> *PORT NETWORKS* >> >> 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 >> >> Baltimore, MD 21202 >> >> (410) 637-3707 >> > >
