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Article #1708Re: Load Balancing
From: Tim Roper
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 02:32
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 02:32
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In article <35406@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, HANK@VM.BIU.AC.IL (Hank Nussbacher) writes: > >Subject: Load Balancing between Equal Cost Routes > > > >If two serial links terminate at a the same cisco router at one end and to > >the same node at the other end, will a cisco router recognise that there > >are multiple equal cost routes to that node, and places beyond? > >... > > It all depends what you are routing and also whether you are bridging. > If you are routing TCPIP traffic it depends on what routing protocol > is being used. RIP will not load balance, but IGRP will do a reasonable > job of balancing the load on the two lines. If you are routing > DECNET via Phase IV you will not be using one line at all and it will > ... We are routing TCP/IP only and not bridging. Can anyone recommend sources of the specification of IGRP and/or sample implementations? Thanks, -Tim.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!labtam!timr From: timr@labtam.labtam.oz (Tim Roper) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco Subject: Re: Load Balancing Message-ID: <10613@labtam.labtam.oz> Date: 29 May 91 02:32:53 GMT References: <35406@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Organization: Labtam Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia Lines: 22