That's pretty much it, again :-). Joe covered with his answer what
"bandwidth" does.
However, when you look at alternate solutions, you may not need to
touch BGP at all - as long as you control both sides of the link (as
in a lab environment, for example).
If you peer your BGP neighbors between Loopback interfaces, underlying
protocol used to learn next-hop will be used for load-sharing and/or
load-balancing. If that protocol supports unequal-cost load-sharing,
you can perform unequal-cost load-sharing of BGP-learned routes,
without ever touching any BGP attribute.
This works only with two neighbors, though. As soon as you learn BGP
prefix from different BGP neighbors, best path selection takes place.
-- Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert FREE CCIE training: http://bit.ly/vLecture Mailto: markom_at_ipexpert.com Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Web: http://www.ipexpert.com/ On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 21:49, 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 > > > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_ipexpert.com> > wrote: >> >> That's pretty much it. Now, let's see how we can build on that... :-) >> >> What remains unclear? Are there any other options you can use for >> load-sharing and load-balancing of BGP-learned traffic other than >> these two you mentioned? Also, what are the requirements for either >> one to work? >> >> -- >> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 >> Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert >> >> FREE CCIE training: http://bit.ly/vLecture >> >> Mailto: markom_at_ipexpert.com >> Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 >> Web: http://www.ipexpert.com/ >> >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 21:35, Raghav Bhargava >> <raghavbhargava12_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hey garry, >> > >> > To answer your query , i did a little of bit research at my end but i >> > wanted >> > to know the answers from expert. Below is a short summary of load >> > balancing >> > & load sharing what i understand: >> > >> > Load balancing. >> > >> > To my understanding all the routing protocols do equal cost load >> > balancing >> > and it is only EIGRP that does unequal cost load balancing. But having >> > said >> > that BGP has a feature through which you can do unequal cost load >> > balancing. >> > the bgp dmz-link bw feature allows you to do unequal cost load >> > balancing. >> > Note cost in this will be the bandwidth that you configure under the >> > specific ebgp interface. >> > >> > Load sharing. >> > >> > Load sharing can be done via the maximum path command under BGP process >> > >> > Please feel free to chime in and ellaborate these if anyone wants. >> > >> > >> > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:23 PM, garry baker <baker.garry_at_gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> maybe his yes and yes is just his way of saying, yes they sure do, to >> >> encourage you to do a little bit of digging on your own... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/iproute_bgp/configuration/guide/irg_multi_load_ps6441_TSD_Products_Configuration_Guide_Chapter.html >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Garry L. Baker >> >> >> >> "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine..." - RFC 1925 >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Raghav Bhargava >> >> <raghavbhargava12_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hey Marko, >> >>> >> >>> Good to know yes for both of them in BGP. Can you please elaborate >> >>> your >> >>> solutions. >> >>> >> >>> -Raghav >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Marko Milivojevic >> >>> <markom_at_ipexpert.com>wrote: >> >>> >> >>> > 1. Yes. >> >>> > >> >>> > 2. Yes. >> >>> > >> >>> > -- >> >>> > Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 >> >>> > Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert >> >>> > >> >>> > FREE CCIE training: http://bit.ly/vLecture >> >>> > >> >>> > Mailto: markom_at_ipexpert.com >> >>> > Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 >> >>> > Web: http://www.ipexpert.com/ >> >>> > >> >>> > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 20:49, Raghav Bhargava >> >>> > <raghavbhargava12_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> > > Hey Experts, >> >>> > > >> >>> > > I have a question regarding BGP which is >> >>> > > >> >>> > > 1. Can we do load balancing in BGP ? >> >>> > > >> >>> > > 2. Load sharing ? >> >>> > > >> >>> > > I know this might have been repeated a lot many times but please >> >>> > > if >> >>> > someone >> >>> > > can shed some insight on this will be really great. >> >>> > > >> >>> > > -- >> >>> > > Warm Regards >> >>> > > Raghav >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > _______________________________________________________________________ >> >>> > > Subscription information may be found at: >> >>> > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Warm Regards >> >>> Raghav >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >>> Subscription information may be found at: >> >>> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Warm Regards >> > Raghav >> > > > > > -- > Warm Regards > Raghav Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.netReceived on Mon May 30 2011 - 22:24:06 ART
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