RFC 2991: Multipath Issues in Unicast and Multicast Next-Hop Selection

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…

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Incoming relationships (8 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6412: Terminology for Benchmarking Link-State IGP Data-Plane Route Convergence
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7424: Mechanisms for Optimizing Link Aggregation Group (LAG) and Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Component Link Utilization in Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6413: Benchmarking Methodology for Link-State IGP Data-Plane Route Convergence
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6438: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7094: Architectural Considerations of IP Anycast
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7098: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Load Balancing in Server Farms
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9692: RIFT: Routing in Fat Trees
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7629: Flow-Binding Support for Mobile IP