I’m assuming equal cost paths here at which point BGP “just works” .. very similar to ECMP on static routes…. no need to complicate things and break up subnets and such ….
> On Dec 14, 2016, at 5:49 PM, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not sure what’s hard about the load balancing? We do it all the time with >> 1G/10G/100G paths using BGP within our core and to customers…. maybe I’m >> missing something from the discussion….? > > Using BGP would you not be limited to sending certain /24's down > certain interfaces and the like? It would be a rough load balance of > sorts? > > >> On Dec 14, 2016, at 3:09 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In my opinion anytime you need more than 1gbps just order a 10gig circuit >> and purchase 1 or 2 gig burstable. >> >> The only time you wouldn't do this is if you want path diversity. But it >> sounds like you are looking for capacity not diversity. >> >> Bonding 1gig circuits is not like bonding T-1s. Also with seperate 1gig >> circuits it's hard to load balance because it's harder to instruct the >> traffic coming to your network to use circuit or the other. You can control >> how traffic leaves your network but you can't really control how it gets to >> you. (There are ways to trick bgp yes but why bother, just get a burstable >> 10gig and move on) >> >> 2 cents >> >> -Sean >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:02 AM Matt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> This this one circuit from multiple upstreams? If so, BGP, is this two >>>> 1gig >>> >>>> circuits from the same upstream? If so, BGP. Let me think, when in >>>> doubt >>> >>>> BGP. J >>> >>> >>> >>> So if we have two BGP sessions at this location with them over two >>> >>> GigE pipes the traffic should balance across both of them? They say >>> >>> its more cost effective for multiple GigE circuits until you reach ~4 >>> >>> rather then a fractional 10G. >>> >>> >>> >>> I remember years back load balancing T1 circuits. VOIP hated out of >>> >>> order packets. Switching to MLPPP made life better there. >>> >>> >>> >>>>> If you receive two GigE Internet circuits from your upstream how do >>> >>>>> you load balance them to work as a 2 Gigabit Internet circuit? They >>> >>>>> use Juniper and we use Mikrotik. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> Just wandering what we do after we out grow our single GigE at this >>> >>>>> location. >>> >>>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Load balancing is barf. Try to get a 10G port first. If I was stuck with >>> >>>> Nx1G I'd aim for BGP multipath load sharing. >>> >>
