Maybe I am missing something, but how does VRRP/HSRP cause latency? On 12/19/09 3:45 AM, Scott Berkman wrote: > Anycast? > http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog29/abstracts.php?pt=NjcxJm5hbm9nMjk=&nm=n > anog29 > > Might need to know a little more about the layout here for a better answer. > > -Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: rodrick brown [mailto:rodrick.br...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:47 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org list > Subject: Routing to multiple uplinks > > This may be slightly off topic however I have a very unique situation > where I need to provide two diverse paths to a major stock exchange. > Each host may either use route A or B for any given reason to access > this particular exchange using two distinct routers and target address. > > The applicatiOn running on these hosts must only see/use one target > address this needs to be transparent as possible. NIC bonding/teaming > on the host side isn't a viable solution because of the latency > overhead same goes for vrrp/hsrp. > > I believe my only option here is to setup multiple default routes with > a preferred path of some sort. This seems to be possible using ip > route2 on Linux. > > This just seems wrong on many levels and I thought I would post here > because I know there is something obvious I'm missing. > Please clue me in. > > Thanks. > > Sent from my iPhone 3GS. > > > >
-- Steve King Network Engineer - Liquid Web, Inc. Cisco Certified Network Associate CompTIA Linux+ Certified Professional CompTIA A+ Certified Professional