I read about that...But if the output of the hash is link 1, what will happen if link 1 is down?
Will the traffic be drop? Thanx.. Sliver ----- Original Message ----- From: "MADMAN" To: "Sliver" Cc: Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 1:41 AM Subject: Re: One link in EtherChannel fail [7:55886] > > You are correct in that if you loose a link the traffic will be > transmitted over another link in the channel. Differant platforms do > this differantly but the gist of it is Cisco uses part of the > source/destination MAC addresses and performs a hash and the results of > this algorithm dictate the link that traffice will traverse. > > Dave > > Sliver wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a question on EtherChannel that is puzzling me.. > > > > Let's say we have 2 switches with EtherChannel running between them. There > > are > > 4 FastEthernet link inside this EtherChannel (namely link 1,2,3,4). > > > > There are 2 workstations at each end of the switch. The traffic flow between > > this 2 stations is using link 1 to transfer data. > > > > My question is if link 1 is down, what would happen to the 2 station's > > traffic? I would predict the traffic would flow through link 2. > > > > If my prediction is correct, my second question is what criteria/algorithm > > the > > switches will think that the traffic should use link 2 and NOT link 3 and 4? > > > > Thanx. > > Choy > -- > David Madland > CCIE# 2016 > Sr. Network Engineer > Qwest Communications > 612-664-3367 > > "You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston > Churchill Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=55945&t=55886 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
