Multipath Issues in Unicast and Multicast Next-Hop Selection

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 9
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.
Publication Date: 2000-11-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC2991
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2991
Author(s): Dave Thaler
Christian Hopps
Keyword(s): Routing, Forwarding, ECMP

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Thaler, D., and C.V. Ravishankar, "Using Name-Based Mappings to Increase Hit Rates", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, February 1998. EXTERNAL
Maufer, T., "Deploying IP Multicast in the Enterprise", Prentice-Hall, 1998. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2328 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2362 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2474 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2581 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2992 [Active*]

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IETF RFC 2992 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4080 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4311 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6438 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7094 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7424 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9198 [Active*]