From: Brian McGahan (bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Fri Nov 12 2004 - 17:58:42 GMT-3
> As well, wouldn't CEF be responsible for the per-packet balancing, not
BGP
> per se? I am not sure of that, but I would think that the switching
engine
> would be more in charge than the routing protocol.
It's BGP job to install the route (or routes) in the routing
table. The actual load balancing is done through the switching process
such as CEF, fast switching, etc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Devane [mailto:jim@powerpulse.cc]
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 2:53 PM
> To: Brian McGahan; 'libone mhlanga'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: BGP Gurus out there !!
>
> Hmm,
>
> But I believe the original question is to load-balance to two
different
> AS's... which is not possible right now. ( I can't have 701 and 1239
> hooked
> to my router and load balance to some AS they are both connected to )
>
> It would be great to have this in practice. But BGP is really set on
> making
> one single best choice for the route.
>
> As well, wouldn't CEF be responsible for the per-packet balancing, not
BGP
> per se? I am not sure of that, but I would think that the switching
engine
> would be more in charge than the routing protocol.
>
> My .02
>
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Brian McGahan
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:28 AM
> To: libone mhlanga; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: BGP Gurus out there !!
>
> Li,
>
> Yes you can do this. In order to do this issue the
> "maximum-paths" command under the BGP process. Note that the best
path
> selection must match for all the attributes up to the IGP metric.
>
> For more info see:
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/459/25.shtml
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
> bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > libone mhlanga
> > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:17 AM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: BGP Gurus out there !!
> >
> > Is it possible for BGP to do per-packet load-balancing to two
> different AS
> > numbers ? Put another way does BGP now have the ability to install
> two
> > routes in the routing table to the same prefix without preferring
one
> over
> > the other ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Li
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