Re: Suggestions for Link load balancer

> We would like to propose to our client, a link load balancer which is
> capable of handling 3 internet links. The client is having a 8Mb/s, 2Mb/s
> and 4Mb/s solution.
>
> Can you please suggest which one is the right product to go with?
>
> Also Can you please list out the advantage and disadvantage you feel with
> the solution that you are suggesting?
>

I use MikroTik's rotueros to balance between 3 lines the traffic of an
office. They are very cheap ($100-150) and very powerful, you can set
up many different solution with them. Also you can give it a try on
any x86 box.

Here is a basic setup:

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/ECMP_load_balancing_with_masquerade


The main problem in my case (I have a setup similar to
this:http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Load_Balancing_over_Multiple_Gateways
) is that if one of the lines fails and the system moves connection to
an other line the source IP of the connections will be changed (note,
this is an office network with NAT) and this can break some
applications, like https webshops.

I don't think there is a proper solution for this at this price range
(I guess the only proper solution would be to have an own AS number
and run routing protocol). I'm trying to set up VPN tunnels to a
remote site and do the NAT there, but I have problem with some website
(MTU), so I can't say it's a proper solution (I'm working on it).
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