Well I have a solution, thanks to the many responses here. I sent a trouble ticket in to ISP1 and they called me back, and said I needed to join a specific community. I did that and they updated their end also. Then I checked the looking glass, and there was also a route through ISP 1's AS number(which wasn't there previously). And sure enough incoming traffic started leveling out between the two ISPs. Thanks for all the responses!
Robert -----Original Message----- From: Captain Lance [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BGP load balancing questions [7:61095] I am very interested in how Radware and FatPipe solve this issue, can anyone explain? Lance ""John Neiberger"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Oh, that's right. I always forget about that solution. :-) Radware > and FatPipe have nice solutions to this, as well. We almost bought a > box from FatPipe at one point but we decided we had better ways of > accomplishing our goals without their hardware. > > On a side note, they also have one of the most outrageous vendor gift > items I've ever seen: boxer shorts that say "FatPipe Inside". Good > grief.... If I worked for them I'd never mention that item to a > client, especially in mixed company! > > John > > >>> "Greg Owens" 1/15/03 9:06:28 AM >>> > can buy and hardware loadbalancer from f5. > > > > From: "Robert Fowler" > > Date: 2003/01/15 Wed AM 09:31:49 EST > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: BGP load balancing questions [7:61095] > > > > Hello groupstudy, > > > > I've been banging my head against the wall and figured I would defer > this > > question to those of you more learned and experienced. Here is the > the > > scenario: > > > > 2 routers running BGP > > Router 1 has a connection to ISP 1 and router 2 has a connection to > ISP 2 > > Each receives full routes. > > Each provider has given us a class C address > > Only the class C from provider 1 is actively used, because provider > > 2 > will > > probably be dropped eventually(ssshhh don't tell ARIN) > > > > > > The class C is advertised to both ISPs, however ISP 1 aggregates > this > > address space so instead of being 1.1.1.x /24 it's 1.1.x.x /16 This > > was checked using various looking glasses. > > > > What that means is that traffic to my Class C will arrive primarily > via ISP > > 2 because it will see the /24 I advertise though it. That is bad, > for > > various reasons. Mainly because we are charged by usage from ISP2, > but also > > because we are going to upgrade ISP1 to a fractional t3 and use ISP > 2 > > primarily as a backup eventually. Also the traffic coming in is 90% > via ISP > > 2 and 10% via ISP 1. > > > > If I remember from my studying so long ago, even prepending my AS > number to > > ISP 2 will not work, becuase it doesn't even make it to that > criteria, but > > rather see the /24 and chooses that route. > > > > I searched some newsgroups, but amazingly enough nobody seemed to > have this > > issue. I saw someone who had a larger block than /24 and some > suggestions > > there but that would not work in this case. > > > > > > Options not available: > > Using the Class C from Carrier 2 to load balance using IP space and > traffic > > types > > Getting a class C independant of a provider from ARIN. (That costs > money > :)) > > > > > > Robert > Greg Owens > 202-398-2552 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=61141&t=61095 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
