The invention relates to an arrangement for load sharing in computer
networks and, more exactly, an arrangement for distribution of traffic,
for instance via Internet, from clients (1) to service suppliers who
provide services from many servers. The invention makes possible
distribution to one of a number of replicated servers. Suitable server is
selected for instance on basis of available resources at the interface of
the server, or less delay in the transmission. The invention results in
better performance and reduced traffic by distribution of the traffic
geographically and from a resource point of view. According to the
invention, a number of replicated servers (5A-5E) belong to an
anycast-group and each anycast-group is connected to a domain name server
(2) which has the ability to select one of the replicated servers, so that
a router (4) can establish a connection between the selected server and
the service-requesting client computer. Each replicated server (5A-5E) can
transmit a resource advertisement which contains information about
available resources at the server in question, and about the link
parameters of the server.