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Re: Asymetrical Routing
From: Vadim Antonov <avg () pluris com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 13:07:33 -0700
Peter Kline wrote:
but most of all: - possibly without justification, end users think that Symmetric Routing is the "right thing" to do, so therefore Asymmetric Routing is the "wrong thing" to do
This is way too soft-spoken. Asymmetrical routing is a _necessary_ feature of modern routing architectures. It is _not_ possible to "decouple" interior routing between backbones and preserve symmetricity of traffic flows. (Note that things like injecting IGP metrics into MEDs do not scale). In other words, anyone who complains about asymmetricity of backbone routing simply does not have a clue. --vadim
Current thread:
- Asymetrical Routing Jayme Cox (Aug 21)
- Re: Asymetrical Routing Peter Kline (Aug 22)
- Re: Asymetrical Routing Vadim Antonov (Aug 22)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Asymetrical Routing Vern Paxson (Aug 21)
- Re: Asymetrical Routing Peter Kline (Aug 22)