> All this talk of MP versus Livingston's load balancing has gotten me
> thinking. A few months ago, people who worked here before me, were doing
> load balancing with NT. I know that this is technically not possible.
> However, I guarantee you that somehow they were doing it. At the time we
> had a Xylogics Annex. They set up a PM2 in our server room for this
> purpose however. So my question for you folks, as you all seem to pretty
> will versed in the world of Livingston products, how in the hell did they
> do this? I know that it was definitely NT and not Linux, as I AM aware
They were probably using multiple ip addresses on multiple stacks.
> that Linux and its EQL are fully capable of the proprietary line
> balancing. Is there something else in NT that would allow you to push an
> equal amount of traffic over two seperate dial-up links? I cannot
> offer you details on this operation, because these individuals no
> longer work here, but I have confirmed that they were doing this. I'm
> looking forward to hearing your responses.
> Sincerely,
> Shawn
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