If you choose etherchannel, also spend some minutes reading about the balancing algorithm for your platform. :) On Mon, 7 May 2007, Bruce Pinsky wrote: bep > bep >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- bep >Hash: SHA1 bep > bep >dan wrote: bep >> Hello, bep >> I currently have 2 routers with a single gigabit link (and corresponding bep >> internal BGP session) between them. bep >> router1 <---------gigabit------->router2 bep >> bep >> Simple setup. Now that we have reached the limit on this gigabit link, bep >> we are adding a second gigabit link between the same 2 routers, and we bep >> wish to load balance across them. Traffic is about 5:1 ratio of out:in. bep >> router2 has bgp sessions with several upstreams, and router 1 has bgp bep >> sessions with further internal routers. What is the best way to balance bep >> across these 2 links? bep >> bep > bep >Depending on the platforms, etherchannel/port-channel would be a fairly bep >straightforward solution. bep > bep >- -- bep >========= bep >bep bep > bep >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- bep >Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) bep >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org bep > bep >iD8DBQFGP7FGE1XcgMgrtyYRApnKAKCZgpq4x2jR/Ma0xNWVJBID9KFTVwCfUcqH bep >yq4Bp01i+Bopv8tu8erN5V8= bep >=WoFF bep >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- bep >