[j-nsp] BGP load balancing on 2 links (same ISP)

[Niels Bakker]

>* kanagaraj at aims.com.my (Kanagaraj Krishna) [Fri 16 Mar 2007, 20:51 CET]:
>>I've heard that although the load balance option is known as 
>>"per-packet" but it behaves more like "per flow". Meaning packets 
>>would not be breaked up and merged on the other end. Am i right?

* sthaug at nethelp.no [Fri 16 Mar 2007, 20:57 CET]:
>It *is* per flow. The old IP 1 could do per packet, current IP 2 cannot.

That's a feature.  Per-packet load-balancing can easily lead to packet 
reordering.


	-- Niels.

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