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We are starting a conversion of a rather large network from atm/frame to mpls. We will be managing the ce routers and talk bgp to the pe routers. Our current network is eigrp. We will have quite a few backdoor links in the network. Some will be backu...
We are balancing 5 microsoft proxy servers. The keepalive we are using is a TCP 8080. We have seen occasions where the proxy will respond to an 8080 syn packet but the proxy service is down. Is there a better keepalive to use for load balancing a ms ...
Convergence time is a real issue for sure. One thing that will help is that the backdoors are almost exclusively optical or serial links. When they go down most of the time they go down hard and the router sees it. That way you don't have to wait on ...
Martin, thanks for a really good post. I know it is difficult to put the issues on paper when you can't see the physical design. To give an idea one key parts of the network are our two data centers. They are about 200 miles apart with a fat pipe bet...
Eigrp would need to run under a different AS then the primary so that the routes could be redistributed into the primary eigrp AS and enter with the same AD as the routes comming from BGP. If this is not done for routes of the same length the backdoo...
If eigrp is run over the back doors it will have to be run in a different AS then the primary eigrp as. The routes will be redistributed into the primary AS so that they will enter with the same AD as the routes that get redistributed from bgp. This ...
We have used a serial tunnel interface in the past. It works, but if you have a line give you problems the tunnel is sensitive and will go down. The interfaces have to be reset on both ends to bring it back up. A better way is a device to convert ser...