[c-nsp] BGP Balanced

Ejay Hire ejay.hire at isdn.net
Thu Aug 26 18:05:11 EDT 2004


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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