This Python script distributes incoming clients among different servers based on a given IP address, creating a mechanism similar to ip_hash.

1. The servers list contains the list of servers to be used as a load balancer.

2. The get_server(ip_address) function hashes the provided IP address and then uses the hash value to decide which server to route to.

3. To test with sample IP addresses, a client_ips list is created.

import hashlib

# List of servers
servers = ["backend1.example.com", "backend2.example.com", "backend3.example.com"]

def get_server(ip_address):
    
    return servers[server_index]

# Test
client_ips = ["123.23.45.123", "192.168.1.1", "10.0.0.1"]

for ip in client_ips:
    selected_server = get_server(ip)
    print(f"IP: {ip} => Routed Server: {selected_server}")