On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:16:55 +0100 (BST) KartheeK <kartheekpn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello All, > I have a linux box running with three NIC's, I have used brctl tool to configure this box as a bridge, i have given it ONE logical ipaddres, Every thing is working fine, but now i am required to configure the same bridge as a LOAD BALANCER.... > On some googling i found the following link > > http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html > > This HOWTO requires me to have one ip address for each NIC, while i dont in my case... > Now, is BRIDGING+LOAD BALANCING possibe on the same machine??? > > Any sort of inputs regarding the matter is most welcome > > Thanx in advance > KARTHEEK It is not possible to load balance with a bridge because bridging constructs a spanning tree. If you are doing load balancing you want bonding not bridging. _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc
