BGP and multi-homed network, where do I start!

[gjohnson1963]

I just purchased another T1 from second ISP for backup and if possible do some kind of load balance. What kind of new hardware am I going to need to accomplish this? Do I need an AS number? What do I need to do to get this to work?????

What I have now.

1 1720 with 1 T1 WIC (Current Sprint T1)

1 PIX 518E 3 interfaces

New T1 with a Direct Ethernet connection

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

you might want to check this document:

Load Sharing with BGP in Single and Multihomed Environments: Sample Configurations

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/459/40.html

HTH,

GP

[gjohnson1963]

It looks like what I want to do is Load Sharing Multihomed with 2 different ISPs whith one local router.

Questions:

What model of router should I use for this?

What is the difference between load sharing and load balance?