gert at greenie
Aug 2, 2012, 11:32 PM
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Hi,
On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 06:49:52PM -0700, Mike wrote:
> What I think is happening, is that from the sw1 side, when the
> router sends a packet, the switch s simply picking the physical port to
> forward thru and this will be the same port everytime, thus radios on the
> other port won't ever hear their name called.
Exactly so. (Hashed by src/dst MAC address, or src/dst IP address,
depending on switch model and balancing setup - but that won't change
the issue for you).
> I have experimented and if I
> put in a host route from the other side for the radios on the other link, I
> can make it work, I think it's only because of luck of the draw that the
> hash worked out to send out the other link. It seems then that really,
> with etherchannel, I cannot expect to have consistient access to middle
> devices and this really was intended for switch-to-switch operation. Can
> anyone suggest how I might make this fly?
Do away with the port-channel, use two l3 vlans and l3 load balancing?
(Hard to say whether that's a viable alternative without knowing more
about your needs)
gert
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