Analisis Kinerja Load Balancing Terhadap Jaringan Internet Menggunakan Metode Equal Cost Multi Path (ECMP)

Abstract

Load balancing on Mikrotik is a technique for distributing loads network traffic on two or more connection lines in a balanced way, so that network traffic can run optimally, maximize transfer speed, reduce response time and avoid excessive capacity usage on one connection line. There are various methods that can be used in load balancing, one of which is the ECMP method. ECMP is a load balancing method that is used to divide the traffic of two or more internet connections with the same load on each line. The application of load balancing on the internet network using the ECMP method has good performance as evidenced by the distribution of a balanced number of connection loads on each gateway, and if one source of the internet connection dies or a fileover occurs, the backup will automatically run itself by taking connections from active internet resources. The QoS measurement results in this study produce good quality because the value meets the THIPON (Telecomunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Network) standard where the average throughput value is more than 2 Mbps, the average delay value is less than 150 ms, the average packet loss value is less than 3% while the mean value of jitter is less than 125 ms.

Keywords: Load Balancing, ECMP, Internet Network, QoS,