Hello there
i have to gateways and i tried to load balance them at firest i tried
ECMP load balancing with masquerade
i got the two lines speed

but i got connection interruptions every 5~10 min so i tried to find why . i found this topic ECMP
so i tried the other way that normis talked about it ..

but i can't load balace the two lines now


this is my config.

/ip address
add address=192.168.100.1/24 broadcast=192.168.100.255 comment="" disabled=no interface=Local network=192.168.100.0
add address=192.168.0.25/24 broadcast=192.168.0.255 comment="" disabled=no interface=WAN-1 network=192.168.0.0
add address=192.168.1.5/24 broadcast=192.168.1.255 comment="" disabled=no interface=WAN-2 network=192.168.1.0


/ip route
add comment="" disabled=no distance=1 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=192.168.0.1 routing-mark=odd scope=255 target-scope=10
add comment="" disabled=no distance=1 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=192.168.1.1 routing-mark=even scope=255 target-scope=10
add comment="" disabled=no distance=1 dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=192.168.1.1 scope=255 target-scope=10


/ip firewall nat
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat comment="" disabled=no out-interface=WAN-1
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat comment="" disabled=no out-interface=WAN-2


/ip firewall mangle
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting comment="" disabled=no in-interface=Local new-connection-mark=odd passthrough=yes src-address-list=odd
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting comment="" disabled=no in-interface=Local new-routing-mark=odd passthrough=yes src-address-list=odd
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting comment="" disabled=no in-interface=Local new-connection-mark=even passthrough=yes src-address-list=even
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting comment="" disabled=no in-interface=Local new-routing-mark=even passthrough=yes src-address-list=even
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting comment="" connection-state=new disabled=no in-interface=Local new-connection-mark=odd nth=2,1 passthrough=yes
add action=add-src-to-address-list address-list=odd address-list-timeout=1d chain=prerouting comment="" connection-mark=odd disabled=no in-interface=Local
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting comment="" connection-mark=odd disabled=no in-interface=Local new-routing-mark=odd passthrough=no
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting comment="" connection-state=new disabled=no in-interface=Local new-connection-mark=even nth=2,2 passthrough=yes
add action=add-src-to-address-list address-list=even address-list-timeout=1d chain=prerouting comment="" connection-mark=even disabled=no in-interface=Local
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting comment="" connection-mark=even disabled=no in-interface=Local new-routing-mark=even passthrough=no
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting comment="" connection-state=new disabled=no in-interface=Local new-connection-mark=even nth=2,2 passthrough=yes src-address-list=!odd

/ip dns
set allow-remote-requests=no cache-max-ttl=1w cache-size=2048KiB max-udp-packet-size=512 primary-dns=163.121.128.134 secondary-dns=163.121.128.135

so what is wrong ?
any help pls .
*sorry for my bad english*

ECMP binds 'src-address+dst-address' to gateway. 'Nth' scenario binds a user to gateway, so one user cannot use both uplins during one session. nothing wrong - it's by design. but if you have many users - you will have balance

ECMP binds 'src-address+dst-address' to gateway. 'Nth' scenario binds a user to gateway, so one user cannot use both uplins during one session. nothing wrong - it's by design. but if you have many users - you will have balance

so NTH same as Load Balancing over Multiple Gateways right ?

yes. with the only difference - Nth works with active users, http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Load_Bala ... e_Gateways works with static groups of users

yes. with the only difference - Nth works with active users, http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Load_Bala ... e_Gateways works with static groups of users

another thing pls .
what is the best way of them that i can active hotspot and proxy with it ?

use Nth, it's more... 'dynamic'
ECMP is useless for now due to the kernel feature... =)

Hi Chupaka and All,
As you recommended that NTH is better with Hotspot....I just setup NTH load balancing using this link
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/NTH_load_ ... pproach%29

But after the whole setup, i only have one of the link active, i don't think the load balancing is working at all. Please is there something i am doing wrong?
My Network Senerio:

I have 3 wan links (2 with public ip and 1 with private ip) currently moderm of one of the 3 wan link is down so that left me with 2 wan links
I have 1 other ethernet card for the LAN and on it i have 8 VLANS running hotspot.
Please help as currently i am not utilizing my bandwidth....ISPs will soon start knocking for the subscription fee...

Regards

as HotSpot uses transparent proxy by default, you should also add Nth rules to your 'output' chain, not only 'prerouting'

Hello guys. By the way... what should be the order of the chains? In this article: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:PCC, Mangle table has its chains in this order:
1. Input.
2. Output.
3. Prerouting.

I was watching some flow charts and the order is different (e.g. http://ornellas.apanela.com/dokuwiki/pu ... dv_routing ; Dataflow diagram).

How can this affect the correct working of the rules?

Chains are processed as per the packet flow diagram on the wiki. Only the order of rules within a chain matter. Prerouting is always processed before anything else, for example, but all prerouting rules are processed in the order your ruleset lists them in.