Re: OSPF external type-2 route load balance

From: Gary Duncanson (gary.duncanson@googlemail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2007 - 15:31:19 ART


Sadiq,

I think that's type 1.

Are they not load balanced?

What does the routing table show you when you do a ping for a few minutes?
Try debug ip packet detail.

Just pitching in with some theory here to help qualify things for Doyle Vol
I...

Type 1 external paths (E1) have a cost that is the sum of the external cost
plus the cost of the path to the ASBR.

Type 2 external paths (E2) do not take account of the path to the ASBR.

If multiple equal-cost, equal path type routes exist in the final set, OSPF
utilises them. By default, the Cisco OSPF implementation load balances over
a maximum of 16 equal cost paths (four in older IOS versions). This can be
changed within the range one to six with the command maximum-paths.

HTH
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sadiq Yakasai" <sadiqtanko@gmail.com>
To: "Joseph Brunner" <joe@affirmedsystems.com>
Cc: "Herbert Maosa" <asawilunda@googlemail.com>; "ISolveSystems"
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Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: OSPF external type-2 route load balance

> Can you show the Type 4 LSA database as well?
>
> I think the cost to the ASBR has a role to play in selecting 2 Type 5
> LSA's reporting the same prefix.
>
> I am not quite sure about this though.
>
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