I would add that on Cisco equipment CEF works wonders and will run with BGP. BGP handles the available routes and CEF will balance the load. _M
| -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dave Koontz | Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:39 AM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Newbie questions | | | Just remember, BGP is not a TRUE load balancing protocol... | rather it is a shared network connection protocol. BGP | simply holds a table of network routes and uses that table to | send packets via the shortest node/hop count. This often will | over saturate one link while the other link gets minimal usage. | | If you want TRUE load balancing, a hardware/software solution | designed specifically for this purpose will serve you better, | particularly one with BGP support. If in doubt, read the RFC | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1771.txt | | | | -----Original | Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rod Dorman | Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:26 AM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Newbie questions | | | John Tolmachoff wrote: | > >Another possible answer - a simple router that can handle two WAN | > >connections for the upstream problem? | > | > I agree that this should be handled by hardware before the servers, | > either by BGB, ... | | Umm... I assume this is a typo and you meant BGP. | | -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has already started, it is too | Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote." - | Ambassador Kosh | | | To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html | List Archive: | http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%| 40list.ipswitch.com/ | | Knowledge Base/FAQ: | http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ | | | To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html | List Archive: | http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%| 40list.ipswitch.com/ | | Knowledge Base/FAQ: | http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ | | To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
