Hi, This makes sense. We will try the multi WAN load balancing.
Thanks, Abhilash S Ascella Technologies, Inc. www.ascellatech.com On Feb 5, 2008 11:59 AM, Dave Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for your quick reply. I am agreed that we can test the > > multiple WAN load balancing feature before it is released to > > help with your testing. But one thing I forgot to mention > > about the broadband connection, is that it has a maximum data > > transfer of 20GB per month. > > That is why we were using the below plan: > > > > * The leased line connection is all traffic till 11 AM (it > > is set to the default gateway) > > * After 11:00AM, we switch the default gateway to the > > broadband connection for all internet traffic, and add a > > static route so that VPN traffic remains on the leased line. > > * After 5:00PM, we reset this back to the original configuration > > > > We don't want to exceed the maximum limit of 20GB on the > > broadband connection. > > > > Is it possible to limit the bandwidth usage of the broadband > > connection using the multiple WAN loadbalancing ? That is > > why we were thinking of using OSPF, so that we could increase > > the "cost" of the 2Mb connection as we approach the maximum. > > With this new requirement, does OSPF still make sense for us? > > If not, could you explain why OSPF may not be the choice for us? > > OSPF would allow you to assign a cost to a given route, but it's a hard > cost. Paths with the lowest cost will receive all the traffic until a > lower-cost path becomes available. If that's exactly what you want, then > that's one way to achieve it, but it feels like overkill because OSPF is a > hugely complex protocol and you really aren't using it for doing what it > was intended. > > One thing you could do is use the WAN load balancing feature and change > the weight factors between the links as you approach the maximum. There is > currently no way to do this automatically, though coupled with QoS you > might be able to work something out. Personally, I would go this route > with WAN LB weight adjustment rather than OSPF. > > -- Dave > > _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users
