[c-nsp] eBGP Multipath

Peter Salanki peter.salanki at bahnhof.net
Mon Dec 18 10:45:40 EST 2006


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You assume that he is doing per-packet load-sharing, I assume that he  
wouldn't do anything that stupid :)

18 dec 2006 kl. 16.37 skrev Robert E. Seastrom:

>
> "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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Sincerely

Peter Salanki
Chief Network Engineer
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