Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-15 Thread Hank Nussbacher
At 16:23 14/04/2010 -0500, MrPaul wrote: By default, BGP chooses one best path among the possible equal-cost paths that are learned from one AS. However, you can change the maximum number of parallel equal-cost paths that are allowed. In order to make this change, include the maximum-paths

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-15 Thread Michael K. Smith
On 4/14/10 8:15 PM, Jay Nakamura zeusda...@gmail.com wrote: If you're email is your AS, then it looks like you have Qwest and a more local provider. I love how people on these lists casually deduces someone's AS and upstream from the mail header and gives more specific advice. Love it.

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-15 Thread Jay Nakamura
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Michael K. Smith mksm...@adhost.com wrote: On 4/14/10 8:15 PM, Jay Nakamura zeusda...@gmail.com wrote: If you're email is your AS, then it looks like you have Qwest and a more local provider. I love how people on these lists casually deduces someone's AS and

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-15 Thread Anton Kapela
looking at: It's inbound i'm mostly concerned with. I'm taking full routes from both providers. Paths to both a relatively equal, so the path with the lowest ID is winning, causing it to be overloaded. and: I've looked into the communities option, but only Qwest supports them, my other

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-15 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 04:43:12PM -0500, MrPaul wrote: Without knowing all the details the cleanest solution would be to split your address space in half. Exactly what is clean about sending two more routes to the global routing table? This might be the simple and direct approach, but

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-15 Thread Chris Gotstein
Already running bgp bestpath as-path multipath-relax Chris Gotstein, Sr Network Engineer, UP Logon/Computer Connection UP http://uplogon.com | +1 906 774 4847 | ch...@uplogon.com On 4/15/2010 12:22 PM, Anton Kapela wrote: looking at: It's inbound i'm mostly concerned

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread Michael K. Smith - Adhost
-Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp- boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Chris Gotstein Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:04 PM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths We are a multi-homed ISP with connections to

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread MrPaul
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Chris Gotstein ch...@uplogon.com wrote: We are a multi-homed ISP with connections to 2 different providers (AS Numbers) Does the bgp maximum-paths 2 command have any effect on load balancing between the 2 connections since they are different AS's or does that

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread Chris Gotstein
Does this seem like a valid way to load balance? http://ccnalab.net/bgp-routing/bgp-load-sharing-2-isp/ Chris Gotstein, Sr Network Engineer, UP Logon/Computer Connection UP http://uplogon.com | +1 906 774 4847 | ch...@uplogon.com On 4/14/2010 4:23 PM, MrPaul wrote: On Wed,

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread Bill Blackford
. -b -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Chris Gotstein Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 2:26 PM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths Does this seem like a valid way to load

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread MrPaul
Are you wanting to load balance inbound, outbound, or both? Without knowing all the details the cleanest solution would be to split your address space in half. Then send one half to provider A and the other half to provider B. Also send the entire network block to both provider A B for backup

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread Chris Gotstein
It's inbound i'm mostly concerned with. I'm taking full routes from both providers. Paths to both a relatively equal, so the path with the lowest ID is winning, causing it to be overloaded. Chris Gotstein, Sr Network Engineer, UP Logon/Computer Connection UP

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread mhernand1
: Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths It's inbound i'm mostly concerned with. I'm taking full routes from both providers. Paths to both a relatively equal, so the path with the lowest ID is winning, causing it to be overloaded. Chris Gotstein, Sr Network Engineer, UP Logon/Computer

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread Peter Rathlev
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 16:26 -0500, Chris Gotstein wrote: Does this seem like a valid way to load balance? http://ccnalab.net/bgp-routing/bgp-load-sharing-2-isp/ (For the lazy on the list: The document explains prepending your own AS on an inbound route-map from each provider, thus making the

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread Michael K. Smith
On 4/14/10 2:48 PM, Chris Gotstein ch...@uplogon.com wrote: It's inbound i'm mostly concerned with. I'm taking full routes from both providers. Paths to both a relatively equal, so the path with the lowest ID is winning, causing it to be overloaded. Chris Gotstein, Sr

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread Chris Gotstein
I've looked into the communities option, but only Qwest supports them, my other provider doesn't support communities at this time. Though the Qwest link is the one i want to push more traffic to, so maybe i can just use their communities and see what happens. On 4/14/2010 7:56 PM, Michael K.

Re: [c-nsp] bgp maximum-paths

2010-04-14 Thread Jay Nakamura
If you're email is your AS, then it looks like you have Qwest and a more local provider. I love how people on these lists casually deduces someone's AS and upstream from the mail header and gives more specific advice. Love it. :) ___ cisco-nsp