[c-nsp] RES: Outbound Load balancing using eBGP

[RAZ MUHAMMAD]

Hi Gert,

Just wondering if you have stopped using local-pref manipulation, then do
you rely on BGP protocol to decide the best path based on the decision made
by the algorithm(without any attributes manipulation)?
Raz



On 23 December 2010 17:19, Gert Doering <gert at greenie.muc.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 01:41:34PM -0200, Leonardo Gama Souza wrote:
> > There is an approach of matching on LSB from the prefixes' octets of the
> > full routing table (even/odd) and increase local-preference for one
> > provider.
>
> We have stopped using local-pref for outbound traffic control about
> 15 years ago.
>
> If you start going there, you will end being *stuck* there - having to
> fiddle with local-pref again and again, because inevitably, you will have
> cases where you prefer a 10-AS-hop-paths over a 2-AS-hop-paths, and that
> way, enforce poor connectivity for your users.
>
> (As a well-known net person tends to say "I encourage my competitors to
> do this".  Amen.)
>
> gert
>
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