Load Balancing over unequal links 3

[osuman]

Hello again,
I have a 2811 I'm setting up with both a T1 and 5Mbps DSL WAN interface. Virtually all the traffic through the router will be to provide Internet connectivity to a group of users on a LAN behind it.

I know that IGRP (and EIGRP) include the bandwidth of the connection as part of it's metric. I also know that Cisco routers will load balance across interfaces by default without setting up anything special.

My questions are:
1) What is the best way to set this up to optimize the utilization from both links?

2) Is simply enabling IGRP enough?

3) If one of the links fail, will the router automatically force all the traffic through the other working link?

4) How can I monitor the utilization of the links once the system is turned up?

Thanks!

 

[f2b]

Hey Osuman, Thanks for your time.
I will try this as soon as they let me have some downtime!
Will definately let you know how it goes.

Thanks again
Fade