[c-nsp] eBGP Multipath

Robert E. Seastrom rs at seastrom.com
Mon Dec 18 10:37:54 EST 2006


"Kevin Cook" <kcook at amnetsystems.com> writes:

> Everything seems to match in terms of metrics etc, but the link above
> says that it will not multipath via two different AS neighbors via this
> method.

You really don't want to do ebgp multipath to two different isps;
it'll play havoc with your tcp timers and will likely cause out of
order packet arrival.  Even two different routers at the same ISP are
a step away from goodness (but perhaps an acceptable one).

                                        ---rob




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