Dimitris Zisiadis wrote:
>
> Here is the scenario:
> >
> > AS X AS Y
> >
> > _____________________ B
> > /
> > A
> > \_____________________ C
> >
> > Router A belongs to AS X, while routers B and C belong to AS Y.
> >
> > Router A is to receive FULL routing from AS Y and have the two
> >connections to AS Y load balanced and backed up.
> >
> > One solution of course is to manualy configure the announcements
> >with prepends of AS X or to use two route mapped MED values for the
> >two connections, but it is very hard to keep it functional.
> >I was wondering if there is some other way around it.
> >
Dimitris:
Outbound load balancing from AS X can be achieved by using the BGP
multipath feature in 11.2 (and late 11.1CA).
Inbound load balancing is not trivial...'unfortunely' the solutions
you mention are the only ones...
Alvaro.
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