Question

Hi,

I know you can define ratios and specify specific rules. However, with a simple ratio 1:1 say how does the router chose to split the packets? Does it do it per application and port? Does it saturate one internet source then send the packets to another? Etc etc what are the details of the load balancing algorithms?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi,

Load balancing splits traffic between interfaces. Let's say load balancing ratio is set to 1:1, so it means if you're running one application it's traffic will not be split to support that one application, instead, it will only split if you're running two services which will then use different interfaces defined in the load balancing configuration.

EB.

Comments

Thanks for the quick reply :). How is the ratio split decided is it number of services or the amount of total data? could one service for example fully saturate an interface (a game download for example) and then the router would start assigning services to the other interface? More over will the router always assign high bandwidth services like a download to the fastest interface or is it random?

Cheers,

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It separates service traffic, it means that it will ratio out the services that the router gets to give data to. You should be able to also use SQM service with load balancing together when it comes available again with 2.5 firmware on RutOS. SQM will allow you to limit the traffic of the interfaces you use load balancing on.

More about SQM/QoS you can find here: https://wiki.teltonika-networks.com/wikibase/index.php?title=RUTX11_QoS&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop