Fast switching will do load sharing on a per-destination basis, not per-packet... as such, you will wanty to use CEF/dCEF to get per-packet load balancing... Even so, you will then run the risk of having packets arrive out of sequence, which will just make the receiving device wait longer...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rik Guyler" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 10:43 PM Subject: RE: fast switching [7:23969] > Gosh Jenny, I don't have a clue but in the past I've had to reboot equipment > at times to make a few rare changes take full effect so maybe you're > correct. How much pain is involved in rebooting it? > > Rik > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: fast switching [7:23969] > > > Something odd is happening on my network... (not that that's unusual...) > > I have a couple of 7507s connected by two E1 links. For various reasons, > the links are set up with fast switching disabled (mainly because there are > single sessions with enough traffic to flood a single link). The 7507 on > one side is running IOS 11.2. Last weekend the 7507 on the other side was > upgraded to 12.1(10). According to 'show ip int', fast switching and flow > switching are disabled (on both links at both ends). However, MRTG shows > that the traffic from the 12.1 router to the 11.2 router is not balanced > evenly across the two links. Traffic from the 11.2 router to the 12.1 > router is balanced. > > Any guesses as to why this is so? Bug (surely not, this is Cisco...:-)? Is > a reboot or shut/no shut required to change switching states (I didn't do > the upgrade myself and I'm not sure what exact configuration sequence was > used)? Something really obvious I'm missing here? > > Ta, > JMcL Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=24032&t=23969 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
