IPSec vs. PPTP Load balancing

Wightman,Andrew andrew.wightman at GARTNER.COM
Wed Mar 1 08:23:34 EST 2000


Can anyone tell me whether or not load balancing is a vendor implementation
choice or if it is a recommendation based on an RFC? We are implementing a
PPTP VPN with the Nortel Contivity. I have been given a requirement to use
load balancing between a west and east coast system. It would seem to me
that the protocol (IPSec or PPTP) would have to allow for a redirect on both
the client and the server in order for this to work as well as vendor
implementation. Nortel does have the option for load balancing in the IPSec
config, but not PPTP. I have look through the RFC's but did not find
anything. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Thanks,
Andrew

PS. Everyone thank you for the great response on the email titled "SNIFFER"
- it helped a lot!

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Andrew Wightman
Sr. Network Analyst
GartnerGroup Inc.
andrew.wightman at gartner.com
408.468.8662

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