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ASA 5505-X Firewall multiple ISPs load balancing

Moudi
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Level 1

Hello,

 

I have 3 ISPs coming into my ASA 5505-X.

 

One of them is already configured by the previous sysadmin, i have never touched the configuration and i'm afraid of doing something that may affect it.

 

I would like to configure the additional two for load balancing, not application specific but just 33/33/33 user split; but have no idea where to start with the current configuration.

 

current running config:

https://pastebin.com/0TMwQhdr

 

What can be done here?

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Sheraz.Salim
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I noted you have one outside interface (gig1/1) with public address. however there is no other interface use as outside.

i belive you mean you will connect remaining outside (ISP cables) to this firewall. Is my understanding is correct?

 

I dont think you can do a load balance the 3 outside interfaces. however you can create an ip sla. if one link goes down other will kick in.

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Yea, the other ISPs are coming on Gbport 2 and 3 which are not yet configured, that's what i need help with.

 

I am looking to go for load balancing and not just a failsafe mechanism.

 

 

mkazam001
Level 3
Level 3

link below may be helpful:

https://community.cisco.com/t5/security-documents/loadbalancing-dual-isp-on-asa/ta-p/3127108

regards, mk

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Hello Mkazam :)

 

Thank you for the URL, that was the top result i ran into; however I am unsure how to implement it with my current setup, which is why i'm here for help :(

I don't think you can do LB, as Sheraz suggested you can use IP SLA - where you will have more than 1 default route with different ADs - if the primary link goes down, that route will be removed from the routing table & the next route will appear pointing to your secondary path next hop.

You could share traffic load by implementing policy based routing - with this config you can set the next hop for traffic based on the source destination.

Regards, mk

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That makes sense yea.

 

Thank you friend, i'm going to look into another piece of hardware to satisfy the load balancing instead.

happy to help!!

regards, mk

Hi,

 

you can use Zone based routing to do load balancing. please check the below link for more information.

 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa93/configuration/general/asa-general-cli/interface-zones.html#pgfId-1066228

 

regards,

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