-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Phil Bedard wrote: > I'm having a discussion with a small network in a part of the world > where bandwidth is scarce and multiple DSL lines are often used for > upstream links. The topic is policy-based routing, which is being > described as "load balancing" where end-user traffic is assigned to a > line according to source address. > > In my opinion the main problems with this are: > > - It's brittle, when a line fails, traffic doesn't re-route > - None of the usual debugging tools work properly > - Adding a new user is complicated because it has to be done in (at > least) two places > > But I'm having a distinct lack of success locating rants and diatribes > or even well-reasoned articles supporting this opinion. > > Am I out to lunch? >
No, but what better solution do we have to offer them? There are dynamic load distribution features and products (think Cisco PfR, for example), but those are routinely lambasted as well. - -- ========= bep -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlJYgsoACgkQE1XcgMgrtyaHOgCfaS58WFFKaXfY87FddXZu4SGb b60AoPMY73ZtENIW4akBZbUMN0H9euY2 =XSi6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
