Yes, BGP selects only one best bath. The default for BGP is one path, the default for other routing protocols is four paths.
However, in some cases you would like to change this for BGP and this can be acheived using " maximum-paths" command. The BGP selection process is a series of qualifing steps and if still two routes were equal then as I recall in step 9( Not sure of the step number) if you are enabling the maximum-paths command both routes will be accepted in the routing table. BTW: This is very unlikely used and most of those using BGP prefer using other methods to acheive load-balancing rather than using the "maximum-paths" command. Regarding static routes, they don't have the wealth of attributes that BGP has, so if more than one static route is configured to reach a destination (for example two default routes to different interfaces )they will be used on a round-robin basis if process switching is enabled. If fast-switching is used (default) then load-balancing over these equal static routes will be per destination not per packet like process switching. Keep in mind that this load-balancing done using via static-routes only concerns upstream traffic and has nothing to do with downstream traffic. HTH, Yasser >From: "Abu Mwalie" > >Hi All, > >It is not very clear to me still regarding BGP, Static Routes and Load >Balancing!! > >Can any one out there shed some light!! BGP selects only one path, is it >not? But that load-balancing can be achieved through static routes?? > >Thanks!! > > misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54304&t=54297 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
