[c-nsp] BW parameter on the Interface

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 12:27:45PM -0400, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, anaconda a wrote:
> 
> > BW parameter and queuing ?
> 
> With multiple equal cost paths to the same destination (i.e. parallel
> T1's between 2 routers), the bw parameter will affect tx queuing.  If you
> set one T1 to 1544 and the other to 1536, the 1544 one will get all the
> outbound traffic.

*If* you use dynamic routing, and a routing protocol that bases "cost"
(or "metric") on the interface bandwidth, like OSPF or EIGRP.

If you use static routing (or BGP over statically routed loopbacks) it
should not affect anything.

gert


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