On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 02:07:57PM +0100, Szymon Miotk wrote: > Hi! > > I got some strange problem with routing loadbalancing. > I cannot get the full speed from my ISPs until I get some big files from > close ftp server. > I have server with one connection to internal network and 3 to ISPs: > > > __________ > | eth1|---- ISP1 > | | > internal--|eth0 eth2|---- ISP2 > net | | > (~300 | eth3|---- ISP3 > hosts |_________| > > I have done everything as described in LARTC, chapter 4.2 > > The main rule looks like that (the weight reflects link speed/100): > ip route add default scope global \ > nexthop via $ISP1_GATEWAY dev eth1 weight 12 \ > nexthop via $ISP2_GATEWAY dev eth2 weight 10 \ > nexthop via $ISP3_SPRINT_GATEWAY dev eth3 weight 20 > > Total bandwidth available is 4.2 Mbit. > After I restart the server I can get 2.0Mbit maximum, with first link 5% > utilized, and the second link and the third about 50%. > When I get some big files from close ftp server (4 x linux kernel = > ~80MB) the links start to work normal, reaching 75-100% utilization. All > those big files go via the first link. > > Can someone possibly explain that and teach me how to get full speed > without such shamanism? > > Szymon Miotk "This balancing will not be perfect." Try this: www.linuxvirtualserver.org/~julian/nano.txt should be better. -- GPG-Key: http://www.bartek.bicom.pl/public_key.txt pub 1024D/948DE45D 2002-12-12 Bartek Krajnik <bartek@bicom.pl> Primary key fingerprint: 95E9 8E2D 1801 7864 2244 6EAA 03E5 764D 948D E45D
