On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Robert E.Seastrom wrote:
Glen Kent <glen.kent@gmail.com> writes:
For example, an ISP can learn two different equal cost routes to a foo.com server via two different autonomous domains. It can thus split different flows (based on src-dest IP, src-dest Port, TOS, etc) across these two paths.
Do operators currently do this?
Folks can send me replies offline in case this constitues a "trade secret"!
Works great with a flow-based router (or layer-three-switch-pronounced- 'crippled-router'). The downside, of course, is that you now have a flow-based router in your network, which has been shown to Not Work Well under other specified conditions (worm outbreaks come immediately to mind).
I could be mistaken, but this is also a feature in mbgp, effectively loadsharing across two external paths. I presume the paths would have to be completely equal all the way down to the router-id and (probably) age-of-route ...