At 4:01 PM +0000 7/24/03, Tim Champion wrote: >Could someone please confirm the following to be true (taken from CCO): > >"Per-destination load balancing allows the router to distribute packets >based on the destination address, and uses multiple paths to achieve load >sharing. Packets for a given source-destination host pair are guaranteed to >take the same path, even if multiple paths are available. For example, given >two paths to the same network, all packets for destination1 on that network >go over the first path, all packets for destination2 on that network go over >the second path, and so on. Per-destination load balancing is enabled by >default when you start the router, and is the preferred load balancing for >most situations." > >It was my understanding that per-destination load balancing was based on the >destination address only and not on the source/destination pair.
There are two distinct modes. Fast, silicon, autonomous and optimum switching are destination only. CEF is source/destination pair. I would consider CEF superior in just about any case I can think of, as long as the platform and IOS supports it. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72996&t=72944 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
