Load balancing (Process/Fast Switching)> Need help !!!

[rcasta]

Listen,

In using a router with 4 T1 links, I need to load balance traffic between them. My scheme uses static routes thru them but my question is>

Should it be better using process or fast switching ?
What's needed to activate the latter and the former (i.e. ip cef)?


Best regards,

 

[ciscoexpert]

You can utilise CEF. You have fast switching by default enabled on those interfaces. If you want, you can even bundle the 4 links into 1 using PPP multilink.

Sankar Nair
General Datatech l.p.

http://www.generaldatatech.com

 

[rcasta]

Mmm,

Taking on your comment, using Multilink PPP wouldn't be a somewhat processor intensive?
If you or someone else have had any experience using MP and can tell CPU usage samples might be excellent. This as to define a way to go into.

Best regards,

 

[froggy3132000]

Fire up "ip cef" and apply "no ip route-cache" on the serial interfaces

 

[rcasta]

I thought ip cef and fast-switching worked together, don't they? What would make the difference in doing what you suggest?

Best regards,