From: Jonathan V Hays (jhays@jtan.com)
Date: Sun Nov 16 2003 - 23:13:02 GMT-3
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
>>Behalf Of Howard C. Berkowitz
>>Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:40 PM
>>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>>Subject: Re: Asymmetric Routing
>>
>>
>>Just to add a real-world taint to a CCIE lab discussion, a fairly
>>widely accepted rule of thumb is that if you are homed to two ISPs
>>that you prefer equally, about 30% of the responses to your outgoing
>>traffic via ISP 1 will return via ISP 2.
>
>Always this hangup with the real-world. What's with this reality stuff
>all the time, Howard?
>
>;-)
>
>"I have abandoned my search for Truth and am now looking for a good
>fantasy."
> - Ashleigh Brilliant
Howard,
Sorry about that but I couldn't resist; your "real-world taint" phrase
triggered something there.
If nobody else will bite, then let me be the one to ask. Exactly why
will 30% of the response return via ISP2?
Puzzled,
Jonathan
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