[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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