Multipath Issues in Unicast and Multicast Next-Hop Selection
RFC 2991, “Multipath Issues in Unicast and Multicast Next-Hop Selection”, is an Informational document published in November 2000 by D. Thaler, C. Hopps. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The effect of multipath routing on a forwarder is that the forwarder potentially has several next-hops for any given destination and must use some method to choose which next-hop should be used for a given data packet. This memo summarizes current practices, problems, and solutions. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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