Re: FW-1 load balancing is unbalanced

Chad Schieken (cschiekeadvsys.com)
Tue, 04 Nov 1997 10:32:23 -0500

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
• Next message: Steve Kann: "IP transparent proxies (source)."
• Previous message: Jacqueline Kim: "CheckPoint-FW-1 URI definition"

Are the webservers identical hardware? I've found that when round-robining
(via DNS round robin, not FW-1) that if one of the servers isn't as fast as
the others it ruins the flow.

OS version etc, will also play a role. Could be something as small as a TCP
stack tweak on one server, causing that server to be able to respond faster,
causing FW-1 to wieght it higher. Or the process on a slower box with a slower
rating from FW-1.

>
> A.B.C.4 and A.B.C.11 are the first two addresses, and A.B.C.1 is the third.
> I am beginning to wonder if FW-1 thinks that X.Y.Z.1 is a special address
> for load balancing. Something appears to be weighting FW-1 load balancing
> in favor of that machine, but I have no clue as to what it might be. I am
> almost desparate enough to change the IP address of the third machine, just
> to see if it helps.
>
> Does anyone have load balancing working? Does anyone have any suggestions
> for me?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Neil
>

• Next message: Steve Kann: "IP transparent proxies (source)."
• Previous message: Jacqueline Kim: "CheckPoint-FW-1 URI definition"

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Sat Jul 17 1999 - 07:09:48 CDT