I am trying to figure out the significance of the ">" symbol within the routing table output on the Juniper routers.
According to juniper docs: "Next hop information Routes may be assigned more than one next-hop value. Each next hop instructs the router where to forward packets for each route. When multiple next hops exist, the routing table selects a single next hop to be placed in the forwarding table. This selected next hop is marked with a caret (>) in the output. Multiple next-hop values can be placed in the forwarding table. " I have sample output from one of our routers, with BGP multipath running. Both routes learned to dest are provided as next hops to the active route & both are installed in the forwarding table. Yet only one of the routes is represented with a ">" in the show route output. Any thoughts would be appreciated. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> show route 8.6.80.0/23 inet.0: 221846 destinations, 407889 routes (221845 active, 0 holddown, 1 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 8.6.80.0/23 *[BGP/170] 3d 00:12:51, MED 0, localpref 100, from ip.ip.ip.ip AS path: 3356 11186 I to x.x.x.x via ge-0/0/0.208, label-switched-path gate-1 > to y.y.y.y via ge-0/0/0.209, label-switched-path gate-2 [BGP/170] 3d 00:12:44, MED 0, localpref 100, from ip.ip.ip.ip AS path: 3356 11186 I > to y.y.y.y via ge-0/0/0.209, label-switched-path gate-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]> show route forwarding-table destination 8.6.80.0/23 detail Routing table: inet Internet: Destination Type RtRef Next hop Type Index NhRef Netif 8.6.80.0/23 user 0 ulst 262153 167465 indr 262147 34304 x.x.x.x Push 364400 ge-0/0/0.208 indr 262145 15499 y.y.y.y Push 336544 ge-0/0/0.209 [EMAIL PROTECTED]> show route forwarding-table destination 8.6.80.0/23 extensive Routing table: inet [Index 0] Internet: Destination: 8.6.80.0/23 Route type: user Route reference: 0 Route interface-index: 0 Flags: sent to PFE Next-hop type: unilist Index: 262153 Reference: 167465 Next-hop type: indirect Index: 262147 Reference: 34304 Nexthop: x.x.x.x Next-hop type: Push 364400 Next-hop interface: ge-0/0/0.208 Next-hop type: indirect Index: 262145 Reference: 15499 Nexthop: y.y.y.y Next-hop type: Push 336544 Next-hop interface: ge-0/0/0.209 Barry O'Connell IP Engineering Manager Irish Broadband Unit 6, Sandyford Business Centre Sandyford Industrial Estate Dublin, Dublin 18 Republic of Ireland Mobile: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#808080'> Note:<br> This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Irish Broadband and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. </span> <em><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#808080'> Irish Broadband Internet Services Ltd, Registered in Ireland, Number: 357181, Registered Office: Burton Court, Burton Hall Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18.</span></em><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p> _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp