D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual - Page 178

Load Balancing

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Wireless Controller User Manual  DNS l ook up us i ng Opti on S ervers : DNS Lo o ku p o f t h e cu s t o m DNS Serv ers can b e s p ecified t o ch eck t h e co n n ect iv it y o f t h e p rimary lin k.  Pi ng thes e IP addres s es : Th es e IP's will b e p in g ed at reg u lar in t erv als t o check the connectivity of the primary link.  Retry Interval i s : Th e n u mb er t ells t h e co n t ro ller h o w o ft en it s h o u ld ru n t h e ab o v e co n fig u red failu re d et ect io n met h o d .  Fai l over after : Th is s et s t h e n u mb er o f ret ries aft er wh ich failo v er is in it ia t e d . 6.3.2 Load Balancing Th is feat u re allo ws y o u t o u s e mu lt ip le Op t io n lin ks (an d p res u mab ly mu lt ip le ISP‟s ) s imu lt an eo u s ly . A ft er co n fig u rin g mo re t h an o n e Op t io n p o rt , t h e lo ad b alan cin g o p t io n is av ailab le t o carry t raffic o v er mo re t h an o n e lin k. Pro t o co l bindings are us ed to s egregate and assign s e rvices over one Option port in order to man ag e in t ern et flo w. Th e co n fig u red failu re d et ect io n met h o d is u s ed at reg u lar in t erv als o n all co n fig u red Op t io n p o rt s wh en in Lo ad Balan cin g mo d e. DW C-1000 cu rren t ly s u p p o rt s t h ree alg o rit h ms fo r Lo ad Balan cin g : Round Robi n: Th is alg o rit h m is p art icu larly u s efu l wh en t h e co n n ect io n s p eed o f one Option port greatly differs from another. In this cas e you can define protocol b in d in g s t o ro u t e lo w-lat en cy s erv ices (s u ch as VOIP) o v er t h e h ig h er -s p eed lin k an d let lo w-v o lu me b ackg ro u nd t raffic (s u ch as SM TP) g o o v er t h e lo wer s p eed lin k. Pro t o co l b in d in g is exp lain ed in n ext s ect io n . S pi l l Over : If Sp ill Ov er met h o d is s elect ed , Op t io n 1act s as a d ed icat ed lin k t ill a t h res h old is reached. A ft er t h is, Op t io n 2 will b e u s ed fo r n ew co n n ectio ns. Yo u can co n fig u re s p ill-o v er mo d e b y u s in g fo llo in g o p t io n s :  Load Tolerance: It is the percentage of bandwidth after which the controller controllers to s econdary Option.  Max B andwi dth: Th is s et s t h e maximu m b an d wid t h t o lerab le b y t h e p rimary Op t io n . If t h e lin k b an d wid t h g o es ab o v e t h e lo ad t o leran ce v alu e o f max b an d wid t h , t h e co n t ro ller will s p ill-o v er t h e n ext co n n ect io n s t o s eco n d ary Op t io n . 176

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Wireless Controller
User Manual
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DNS lookup using Option Servers
: DNS Lookup of the custom DNS
Servers can be specified to check the connectivity of the primary link.
Ping these IP addresses
: These IP's will be pinged at regular intervals to
check the connectivity of the primary link.
Retry Interval is
: The number tells the controller how often it should run
the above configured failure detection method.
Failover after
: This sets the number of retries after which failover is
initiated.
6.3.2 Load Balancing
This feature allows you to use multiple Option links (and presumably multiple
ISP‟s) simultaneously. After configuring more than one
Option port, the load
balancing option is available to carry traffic over more than one link. Protocol
bindings are used to segregate and assign services over one Option port in order to
manage internet flow. The configured failure detection method is used at regular
intervals on all configured Option ports when in Load Balancing mode.
DWC-1000 currently supports three algorithms for Load Balancing:
Round Robin
: This algorithm is particularly useful when the connection speed of
one Option port greatly differs from another. In this case you can define protocol
bindings to route low-latency services (such as VOIP) over the higher-speed link
and let low-volume background traffic (such as SMTP) go over the lower speed link.
Protocol binding is explained in next section.
Spill Over
: If Spill Over method is selected, Option 1acts as a dedicated link till a
threshold is reached. After this, Option 2 will be used for new connections. You can
configure spill-over mode by using folloing options:
Load Tolerance
: It is the percentage of bandwidth after which the controller
controllers to secondary Option.
Max Bandwidth
: This sets the maximum bandwidth tolerable by the primary
Option.
If the link bandwidth goes above the load tolerance value of max bandwidth, the
controller will spill-over the next connections to secondary Option.