[c-nsp] BGP Balanced

[Ejay Hire]

On an unrelated note, MED is poorly implemented and
understood on the internet at large, and should usually be
avoided.  Misconfiguration can cause route flapping and is
difficult to troubleshoot.

-ejay

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> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of
Bruce Pinsky
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 7:03 PM
> To: Alexandra Alvarado
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] BGP Balanced
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> Alexandra Alvarado wrote:
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> | What about BGP Multi Exit Discriminator (MED)?
> |
> 
> 
> Generally speaking, that would only apply if you actually
had 
> multiple BGP
> peers to the same provider and therefore could choose
between 
> exit points.
> ~ Here it sounds like you will simply have one exit path
and 
> need to send
> traffic over multiple physical connections.
> 
> As some have pointed out, BGP may be overkill in this
situation.
> 
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