Load Balancing Multiple LLs
Load Balancing Multiple LLs
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Hi,
This forum doesn't appear very active so if there is a better place to put this I'd love to know.
Currently we have a 10mb LL and a /24 IP range from our provider, due to increases in what we are hosting we are looking at possibilities of taking a 2nd 10mb LL for redundancy and bandwidth purposes from a 2nd company (again for redundancy).
The question really is, how do I balance inbound connections for a site hosted 123.123.123.123 over both connections (say connection A died)? Is it possible in theory and what do I need for this kind of thing in practice?
Any thoughts?
This forum doesn't appear very active so if there is a better place to put this I'd love to know.
Currently we have a 10mb LL and a /24 IP range from our provider, due to increases in what we are hosting we are looking at possibilities of taking a 2nd 10mb LL for redundancy and bandwidth purposes from a 2nd company (again for redundancy).
The question really is, how do I balance inbound connections for a site hosted 123.123.123.123 over both connections (say connection A died)? Is it possible in theory and what do I need for this kind of thing in practice?
Any thoughts?
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RE: Load Balancing Multiple LLs
Is your /24 a PA block from your provider or is it your own PI block?
If your IP address are "Provider Independent" then you would need to multi-home to both providers using BGP. This also means that you would require an AS number.
If your /24 is PA from your ISP then you won't be able to route them via a 2nd ISP.
Chris
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Chris A.C, CCNA, CCSA
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