Guy, Yes, the links will be on the same routers (both cisco) on both sides and will not be of equal bandwidth. It's kind of a weird set up. We have multiple sites in puerto rico that connect to a hub site, the hub then connects back to corporate. However, the sites in pr are all interconnected with a wireless type of service (airlink wireless frame relay unit) that is not as stable as we would like. The connections have a tendency to flap from time to time for no apparent reason.
For this one large site we wanted more bandwidth and better stability, which we hope to achieve by adding the completely separate link. Hopefully both links will not go down at the same time, but we shall see. Since we are already running eigrp, the unequal cost load balancing sounds like the perfect solution. I'm curious to see how well it will operate in this 'wireless frame relay' environment. Thanks for everyone's suggestions Kris. -----Original Message----- From: Lupi, Guy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Help the newbie... [7:62087] Are the links going to be connected to the same routers on both sides? If so, then you can use static routes and CEF per-packet load sharing, you would have to place 2 static routes in each router for the IP blocks that the other router serves, give the command "ip cef" in global configuration mode, and then the command "ip load-sharing per-packet" under interface configuration mode for each interface connecting the 2 routers. If both links are the same bandwidth, then CEF would work fine, if both are not the same bandwidth you would have to play some games to get the load sharing to reflect the bandwidth differences (probably not the best solution), or you would have to use EIGRPs unequal cost load balancing. All of this assumes you have Cisco routers on both sides of the link, if not it is still possible to load share across the links, but how it would be done is dependent on the vendor. -----Original Message----- From: Waters, Kristina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help the newbie... [7:62087] Everyone, I have a site that is currently connected with a 512k frame relay link. We are adding an additional T1 link to the same location. Is it possible to aggregate these links in such a way that traffic will be carried across both? If they are configured this way, will the other link still be a valid route if one goes down? I tried searching, but I'm not exactly sure what to search for. TIA Kris. ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by email, delete and destroy this message and its attachments. ********************************************************************** Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62103&t=62087 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
