On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 00:13, Alex wrote: > I have setup split access with load balancing on a router that runs squid > but it appears that the second line it almost empty, the router send packets > trough the second line only from time to time, very rarely adn the mrtg > graphs only show something like 10-16kbit used on that line and instead the > primary line is full all the time. I have setup this only for squid, I don't > do any masqurading for the local net, just web acces via squid proxy server. > What's the remedy for this situation? Why does this happen? If that all I > can do then I have no use for such a setup , it doesn't help me at all. The problem is the type of load-balancing you are using here. Simply add the word "equalize", viz ; > ip route add default scope global nexthop via 1.2.3.1 dev eth2 weight 1 > nexthop via 192.168.55.1 dev eth0 weight 1 ip route add equalize default scope global \ nexthop via 1.2.3.1 dev eth2 weight 1 \ nexthop via 192.168.55.1 dev eth0 weight 1 Without the 'equalize` parameter, the links will be equalized on the basis of connection spreading, not alternate packets. Since you only /have/ one outgoing connection(squid) there are no connections(plural) to equalize! 'equalize' forces iproute2 to equalise at the /packet/ level, not the connection level - more appropriate in your situation. google for "policy routing book" for more on this. (see chapter 5) DISCLAIMER: I'm new at this. Let the List Gurus comment before converting your production system on my say.. 8-/ HTH, Steve _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
