Etherchannel - General explanation about load balancing

[n99ky1205]

Hi,

I'm looking for a general explanation about load balancing. I don't really understand why we have to specifiate the source ip or mac ....

Thank you

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

Have a look at this link for explanation:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk213/technologies_white_paper09186a0080092944.shtml

HTH

Reza

[n99ky1205]

Thank you Reza for your link, But

I'm still looking for an explanation about specificaly load balancing

Whats this option involve. How the traffic can be split  by the ip or mac adress ?

How can I make the choice ? What I have to look for select dst-ip or src-ip ...?

Thank you

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

Ok, this may be what you need:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk213/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094714.shtml

Reza