On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > On 1-okt-04, at 2:48, Dean Anderson wrote: > > >> Note though that it's *very* hard to create a setup where packets are > >> delivered to different multicast instances, as it's hard to imagine > >> how > >> any real-world anycast setup could match the criteria in > > > Its quite easy for anycast: (real names used, but not real > > relationships) > > > Av8 > > / \ > > sprint att > > \ / > > F-root > > > If Av8 turns on PPLB, traffic to F-root will go through both sprint and > > att on a per-packet basis. > > No, that won't happen because in order for BGP to install multiple > paths in the routing table, the following conditions must be met: If you use bgp multipath only, that is true. If you turn on PPLB, as described in my URL, then that isn't true. -- Av8 Internet Prepared to pay a premium for better service? www.av8.net faster, more reliable, better service 617 344 9000 _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf