Re: BGP

Yup you bet joe and the eibgp is used in MPLS if i am correct ..:) :)

-raghav

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Joe Astorino <joeastorino1982_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Obviously, Marko can respond to the questions directed at him but
> basically:
>
> 1) Changing the bandwidth on an interface via the bandwidth command will
> not change the speed of the link. Not sure if that is what you mean by the
> "bandwidth" of the link. The bandwidth set on an interface generally
> effects routing protocol calculations and QoS and in this case BGP unequal
> cost load-balancing
>
> 2) For this feature to work, the weight, local-pref, as-path, origin, and
> MED must already be equal
>
> 3) Correct on the maximum-paths command...there is also a maximum-paths
> eibgp just to be obnoxious on Cisco's part : )
>
> HTH
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Raghav Bhargava <
> raghavbhargava12_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Marko,
>>
>> The reason why i asked about load balancing was that if suppose i have 2
>> equal paths to the same AS and i use this bgp dmz-link bw feature , then
>> the
>> bandwidth that i configure under the physical interface is only a
>> attribute
>> which i can use to do load balancing. Will it impact the actual bandwidth
>> of
>> the link. Sorry but i have not tried this in lab at the moment but will
>> definitely try it. Also if we use this feature in a live network that
>> means
>> i cannot use any other attribute in the same AS to modify the path for
>> example Local pref because to use this feature all the path selection
>> attribute should be default.Please correct me if i am wrong here.
>>
>> I was just trying to create different scenarios where if i use other BGP
>> attributes for path selection will this feature create a issue.
>>
>> As far as load sharing is concerned, please correct me here that for ebgp
>> links the cli is maximum-paths x and for ibgp links is maximum-path ibgp
>> x.
>>
>> Thats all i know people. not much as you all but trying to learn a little
>> day by day. Once again thanks everyone for your valuable input.
>>
>> -Raghav
>>
>>
>>
>> --
> Regards,
>
> Joe Astorino
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>
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>
>

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Raghav
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