Salvatore, ebg-multihop is not required for load balancing. It can be beneficial to use a loopback to peer from/to, similar to IPX internal networks provide better load balancing for NetWare servers.
If you feel it's a good idea to peer to/from loopack interfaces (redundancy, better balancing) then you'll need ebgp-multihop since you are adding hops. If you have multiple directly connected interfaces to the BGP neighbor and don't use loopback interfaces, you don't need ebgp-multihop. - Tom Salvatore De Luca wrote: > Understood.. but does the command "neigh x.x.x.x ebgp-multihop X" by itself > provide load-balancing? I could be wrong.. but from my undrstanding this > just states that you have the capability of peering with neigh that are not > directly connected.. You could very well acheive loadbalancing when 2 EBGP > routers peer with its neighbors loopbacks.. Yes.. in this case you would > need to be directly connected.. so why would you need neigh x.x.x.x > ebgp-multihop... Please enlighten me with your thoughts.. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=69755&t=69611 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
