Automatically divide customers into 4 internet lines equally

anas777 · October 14, 2024, 8:28pm

The high-level answer is if you just set the distance= the same in /ip/route for the 4 DSL lines (* in V6, add MULTIPLE gateway to same 0.0.0.0 /ip/route), you’ll create an ECMP. Traffic is divided by hashes, so it’s not quite “equal” (*in 7.16 ECMP can be “more even” with l4 hashes). A NAT rule and /ip/firewall/connection tracks the chosen WAN for the connection.

PCC approach is alternative, which has more options for load balancing than simple ECMP, Mikrotik has a video on it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlb7XAv57tw

Neither are not quite that simple… since possible interface is up, but there is no internet upstream of DSL/routers. That where all load balancing schemes get more complicated. But if everything is up, and you want traffic divided “loosely evenly”, ECMP is simplest IMO. The docs have all the schemes semi-documented to give you some ideas.

What about version v6?

What about version v6?
Is there a video explaining this?