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Re: [FW-1] How to connecto to 2 ISP's?



>>The problems are as follows:
When connecting to two different ISP's there is no way to acheive load
balancing.

True IME. BGP was never designed with that in mind. If both circuits go to
the same carrier you can balance using the "maximum paths" command. You
can fudge the prefs for the different paths using various metrics (MEDs, Communities, etc)
but it's not true load balancing.. just redistributing the load.

>>You may find it sufficient to go with 1 larger ISP and two internet
connections to them.

If you do this, try your best to get loop diversity, POP diversity and
also geographical diversity. (don't run to 2 pops in the same city)
Many folks get 1 or 2 of these 3 but IMHO (and in my experience) it
is crucial to have all 3 working for you.

- Joe






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