Load-Distribution in Routed mode?

[Jan Lühr]

Hello,


Am 04/06/2014 04:37 PM, schrieb shikkc:
>> How will tinc route packages to 172.27.0.0/16 and fdd3:5d16:b5dd:3::0/64
>> sent from A?
>>
>> * Will load balancing between B1 and B2 take place?
>> * Is the decision stable - eg. is 172.27.23.42 routeded using B1 all
>> time?
>> * Is anybody running similar setups?
> 
> In my experience with this, tinc seems to (for unknown reasons) prefer
> the route with the first alphabetically named host. For example in our
> setup if a host is named 'elephant', and another named 'donkey', the
> host 'donkey' will route all of this traffic and 'elephant' will be
> unused. I have not yet taken the time to dig through the source looking
> for a reason to explain this, but it happens consistently and regardless
> of the distance of nodes.

Thanks for your feedback. Can you recommend a way for archieving load
balancing? Ie: Using OSPF and tinc in switched mode?

Thanks, Jan