Issue with the load balancer

["Arnab Ganguly" <aganguly01@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,
I am trying out the load balancing by using Apache 2.2 Worker mpm model on Red-Hat 3.0.I am using mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer.

ProxyPass /balancer-manager !
        ProxyPass / balancer://mycluster/ stickysession=BALANCEID nofailover=On
        ProxyPassReverse / http://10.146.175.236:81/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://10.146.161.223:82/
        <Proxy balancer://mycluster>
          BalancerMember http://10.146.175.236:81 route=10-146-175-236
          BalancerMember http://10.146.161.223:82 route=10-146-161-223
          ProxySet lbmethod=byrequests
        </Proxy>

and the rewrite for in each of the back end server as follows

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [CO=BALANCEID:balancer.10.146.161.223:82]
RewriteRule ^/$ /test-query [L,R=301]


Initial requests are being properly distributed across both the servers but after some time, I see from the browser all the requests are being handled by the initial server only?

I would also like one more information, how do I set timer value, such a way that within that timer all the request will be routed to that particular server and when it expires, new server is going to selected and again on expiry it should be able to select the old server again, assume I have only two servers configured under the load balancer.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
-A