Load Balancing explained by Fiance Ticoalu (MikroTik)

 

The purpose of load balancing, at it simplest : minimizing overload traffic in a path/link.

 List of load balancing type/algorithm :

1. Per packet load balancing

2. Per connection load balancing

3. Per address-pair load balancing

4. Custom load balancing

1. PER PACKET LOAD BALANCING.

 The packets from one session will be split and forward to multiple path.

Example: packets from one session from ip address 192.168.1.1/24 to www.youtube.com  will be split and forward by router to internet ISP1(universal) 101.0.100.254/30 - ISP2 (biznet) 210.0.210.254/30)
because packet is forwarding by router to different ISP, delays between one and other packet is happened. No matter how fast your Internet connection will slow down.

 

2. PER CONNECTION LOAD BALANCING.

The packets from one session,  forward to one path/link only  (the packets not splited)

Example: packets from one session (first session) from ip address 192.168.1.1/24 to www.youtube.com, forwarded to one path only by router (ISP1 universal)

Example: packets from one session (second session) from ip address 192.168.1.1/24 to www.youtube.com, forwarded to one path only by router (ISP2  biznet)

 

2. PER ADDRESS PAIR LOAD BALANCING.