The VLAN method does work. You can also do a full duplex link utilizing two sets of radios. This has been around for quite some time. But that also assumes you have radios of the same relative capacity. Justin Wilson [email protected]
--- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric > On Jan 3, 2017, at 11:49 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > > What Eric said. > > Except, I believe you said the two links were of unequal capacity. OSPF > can't natively load balance unequal paths. If you set them to equal cost, > you'll actually get 2x the capacity of the smaller link, and the larger link > will be underutilized. There was a trick somebody posted here a few weeks > ago where you create a set of VLAN's on each path and do equal cost load > balancing on the VLAN's instead of the real paths. Basically if one path was > 3x bigger than the other, then create 3x as many VLAN's on that path. > > I haven't tried it yet....seems plausible though. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: 12/30/2016 6:00:25 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mirotik help - dual backhauls and bridges > >> Hit enter too soon. If you want two parallel PTP links between two sites, >> sharing traffic equally. Assuming both radio links are identical equipment >> and identical speed capability. Set the same OSPF cost on the router >> interfaces both ends. >> >> This is logically the same thing as putting two routers next to each other >> in a test lab environment, and running two patch cables between them in an >> OSPF area 0, equal cost path configuration. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> You should not be extending layer 2 switch fabrics over PTP microwave. >> >> One router at each site. >> >> Each router gets a /32 OSPF loopback address. >> >> One OSPF /30 per radio link. >> >> The only MAC addresses that should exist on the radio link (which is itself >> a L2 bridge) are the single MACs for the router interfaces on each end. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Ty Featherling <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I have my network setup with a common bridge (bridgeWAN) setup on each >> router in an area. The backhaul in goes into this bridge and any backhauls >> to further sites do as well. OSPF sorts out the default path and the bridge >> gets them there in one IP hop. I have a major site that I am added a second >> backhaul link to the upstream direction today (Airfiber 5x multiplexer for >> the win). I am trying to figure out how to bond these two backhauls from >> bridgeWAN on router A to bridgeWAN on router B. Any way to share the load >> across those links would be great. If I just plug them in spanning tree >> shuts one down. The real kink in the works may be that they have different >> capacities. What can I do? >> >> >> -Ty
