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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Multi-link Frame Relay OR Load Balancing
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Bryce Enevoldson wrote: > > We are in the process of updating our internet connection to 8 t1's bound > together. Due to price, our options have been narrowed to AT&T and MCI. > I have two questions: > 1. Which technology is better for binding t1's: multi link frame relay > (mci's) or load balancing (att's) It depends on what you mean by better. Multilink is more CPU-intensive but is nicer to such things as voice that don't deal well with packets arriving out of order. Load balancing can be per packet or per destination (or flow). Per-packet allows for aggregation of the multiple paths for a large flow between two specific points but can give voice and similar services problems with reassembly. So "better" will depend on the nature of your traffic. At that speed I would highly recommend a DS-3 instead of either of the above. -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Administration - [email protected] WestNet: Connecting you to the planet. 805 884-6323 WB6RDV NetLojix Communications, Inc. - http://www.netlojix.com/
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