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Hi,What are the different techniques to load balance in an enterprise network that is multi-homed with two ISP connections? (Not a primary and fail-over, but both connections being utilized while online and load balancing the traffic).
Hello everyone,I've attached a diagram to this discussion. Would a design like this be used in the real world? R1 and R2 are running HSRP. The issue I'm concerned about with the design is SW2. The diagram shows redundancy with the routers, but then S...
"sh mac address-table" is not MAC addresses for the switch ports. These are the MAC addresses for the devices attached to the specific port. Cisco switches use the MAC address table to "learn" MAC addresses of devices on ports to reduce discovery bro...
Cisco switches generally don't have IP addresses assigned to Layer 2 access ports. A Layer 3 port doing routing would have an IP address assigned to it. If one device is connected to the port it is usually an access port with no IP address so the sec...
With Cisco, if you want to have multiple tagged VLANs go through the port you set it up as a trunking port. In general, access port is assigned to only one VLAN.
Question 1: Could BGP be used and would it ever be used in this situation? Or only for a ISP/public internet network?Question 2: Is it possible to use HSRP to load balance in a private enterprise network with two ISP WAN connections?Question 3: Any o...
