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Re: [LARTC] 2.6.17 kernels and equalize patch

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Subject: Re: [LARTC] 2.6.17 kernels and equalize patch
From: Luciano Ruete <luciano@lugmen.org.ar>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:37:54 -0300
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On Friday 19 January 2007 08:13, hhoxha wrote:
> Hi
> Everybody in the list
>
> I have a situation like this
>
> ------        (IP1)
> linux  |----eth0.40------ |
> router |                |      |
> box    |     (IP2)        |------|Client Router ( Destiantion Net DNET)
>
>        |----eth0.41------ |      |                    /27 subnet
>
> ------
>
>
> I just want to balance the load of bandwidth per packet based between the
> two vlan interfaces  to Client Destination network
> What i have done is :
>
> //////////
> bash#/sbin/ip route add equalize $DNET scope global nexthop via
> $IP1 dev eth0.40 weight 1 nexthop via $IP2 dev eth0.41
> weight 1
> /////////
> bash#ip route show $DNET
>
> $DNET equalize
>         nexthop via $IP1  dev eth0.40 weight 1
>         nexthop via $IP2  dev eth0.41 weight 1
>
> But the traffic towards the $DNET does not seem equalized at all
> It goes out allways to the same interface
>
> Is this a problem of route caching or the  equalize patch needs to be
> applied to 2.6.17 kernel , or then I am missing something  ???

Equalize is a patch for 2.4, it never get's mainline, and there is no 2.6 
version AFAIK.The iproute option is there, but without the patch does 
nothing.
-- 
Luciano
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