NTH

RouterOS General
1

I need to know what´s the nth for a loadbalancing of 8 lines

for 2 is 1,1,0 1st
1,1,1 2nd

for 3 is 2,4,0 1st
2,4,1 2nd
2,4,2 3rd

tnx

2

7,5,0
7,5,1
7,5,2
7,5,3
7,5,4
7,5,5
7,5,6
7,5,7

3

thnx man.. thank you a lot, you saved my job :smiley:

4

Eugene, using the Nth function to mark pkts is a great feature and i would like to understand this function better with your help please.

The “every” option in a load balancing example would depict the number of gateways for a network that you would like to use.

The “packet” option will choose which packet to mark and in a simple loadbalancing setup will mark 1 pkt/gw thus the “packet” option will also be equal to the number of gw’s starting from 0 and ending on the number equal to the amount of gw’s.

The “counter” option though i do not understand clearly. Please will you explain the counter function using a simple load balancing scenario?

5

“counter” is just a counter. nothing more. it should be the same for all rules targeting the same flow.

6

how would you decide the number to use for the counter setting?

7

at random.

8

Hi Eugene, to 6 WAN would be:

5,3,0
5,3,1
5,3,2
5,3,3
5,3,4
5,3,5
?
And the marks may be only thats 2? odd and even?
or would be:
wan1 to 5,3,0
wan2 to 5,3,1
wan3 to 5,3,2
and continously?

Thanks and Best Regards!
Alessio

9

5,3,0
5,3,1
5,3,2
5,3,3
5,3,4
5,3,5

exactly

Routing marks should be:

wan1 to 5,3,0
wan2 to 5,3,1
wan3 to 5,3,2
…

(assuming you want to load-balance across 6 links, not just 2)

10

Thanks! it is working excellent!
Regards!
Alessio