[92345] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Q on what IGP routing protocol to use for supplying only gateway
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Nicks)
Thu Sep 14 14:26:26 2006
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:00:04 -0500
From: Michael Nicks <mtnicks@kanren.net>
To: "william(at)elan.net" <william@elan.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0609131017560.17589@sokol.elan.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
From the sounds of what you are trying to accomplish, I'd think
VRRP/HSRP would be more up your alley than any dynamic routing protocol.
Also look at NIC teaming.
Best Regards,
-Michael
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william(at)elan.net wrote:
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>
> I need to implement a sort-of failover-loadbalancing where systems
> would receive gateway address from at least two routers (including
> metric preference if possible). This needs to be done so that no special
> additional config is required on routers for each new system and for
> each system all they need is gateway address and nothing else (no routes
> will be advertised to the router; but for security I'll want to specify
> that no routes should be accepted). The systems receiving the routes
> would be primarily linux PCs but will also include several windows and
> solaris machines. I don't want to use RIP (any version) or proxy ARP.
> The routers are currently all cisco equipment.
>
> Any suggestion as to what IGP protocol is best for this scenario?
>
