bgp dmzlink-bw verification

From: Tim Chan (timanji@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2006 - 14:39:40 ART


Hi all,

I'm trying to understand the output I'm getting when I configure "bgp
dmzlink-bw".
After my configuration is done, I get the following output:
R2#sho ip bgp 0.0.0.0
BGP routing table entry for 0.0.0.0/0, version 32
Paths: (2 available, best #2, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
Multipath: iBGP
Flag: 0x800
  Advertised to non peer-group peers:
  145.1.245.5
  100,
(Received from a RR-client)
    145.1.245.5 from 145.1.245.5 (150.1.5.5)
Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, internal, multipath
      DMZ-Link
Bw 1 kbytes
  100, (Received from a RR-client)
    145.1.245.4 from
145.1.245.4 (150.1.4.4)
      Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid,
internal, multipath, best
      DMZ-Link Bw 1250 kbytes

You can see that the
route to R5 is 1kbps and R4 is 1250kbps.

So when I do a "show ip route", I
get the following:
R2#sho ip route 0.0.0.0
Routing entry for 0.0.0.0/0,
supernet
  Known via "bgp 200", distance 200, metric 0, candidate default path
Tag 100, type internal
  Last update from 145.1.245.4 00:00:28 ago
  Routing
Descriptor Blocks:
  * 145.1.245.5, from 145.1.245.5, 00:00:28 ago
      Route
metric is 0, traffic share count is 10
      AS Hops 1
    145.1.245.4, from
145.1.245.4, 00:00:28 ago
      Route metric is 0, traffic share count is 1
AS Hops 1

Note that I'm getting a traffic share count of 10:1. Which looks
good, BUT, the 10 is
towards the slower link, not the faster one. So normally
I would read this as, "For every
10 packets sent to R5, send 1 packet to R4."
But this makes no sense!

In looking at the doccd, the output in the examples
follows what makes sense. The faster
links get the larger ratios.
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122newft/122t
/122t2/ftbgplb.htm#wp1052316

This is from IE Vol2 Lab 6, task 4.9. And even
their verification output shows the same
10:1 favor over the slower link. Are
these outputs correct and I'm just reading it wrong?
(But then the doccd shows
otherwise)

Please advise...
-Tim



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