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  • 1.  BGP ECMP using eBGP and iBGP peers

    Posted 05-23-2024 03:23

    Hi,

    I'm using an MX204 with JunOS 22.2R3-S2.8 and I need to enable BGP load sharing on my crosslink which uses iBGP. 

    When I started lab testing I couldn't manage to do it, then I found this documentations which describes the "allow-external-internal" subcommand similar to Cisco's "eibgp", which I was using for long years. However I did not find such option on the MX under the "multipath" command and then I noticed a line in the documentations which says this feature is available from JunOS 23.4R1, which was a bit of a shock. 

    Is there no other way to use BGP ECMP with eBGP and iBGP peers? I have very limited possibilities for JunOS upgrade. 

     



  • 2.  RE: BGP ECMP using eBGP and iBGP peers

    Posted 05-23-2024 03:45
    Edited by Kalle 05-23-2024 03:45

    Hi Tamas,

    Use the following command to allow load sharing among multiple EBGP paths and multiple IBGP paths.
    set protocols bgp group BGP multipath
    https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/statement/multipath-edit-protocols-bgp.html



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    Kalle Andersson
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  • 3.  RE: BGP ECMP using eBGP and iBGP peers

    Posted 05-23-2024 04:00

    Hi,

    I believe it should work when you do load sharing with 2 eBGP peers, also it should work when you do load sharing with 2 iBGP peers, but does it work when you do load sharing with 1 iBGP and 1 eBGP peer?
    I tested in lab environment and it was not working for me with the simple "multipath" command.



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    TAMAS VARGA
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