[zebra 22899] Re: per packet load balancing

Michael Bernstein wrote:
> Hi, currently I'm trying to configure a linux based router using OSPF 
> and ECMP for per destination load balancing.
>
> I'm looking for a linux based solution that can do per-packet load 
> balancing (kind of like Cisco CEF) but I don't know of any out there.
>
> Would it be possible to program a solution for Quagga/Zebra that could 
> do this, maybe implement something in ospfd? Can anyone tell me how I 
> might go about this. I am pretty serious about it.

In Linux packet control is usually done by the "tc" (traffic control) 
command which is part of the iproute2 package. Routing software such as 
Zebra merely maintains the routing tables, and hence has no need to 
"see" packets.

A google search using "iproute tc" will show you a lot...

Mark