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December 5, 2008

Case Study: ECMP and Asymmetric Routing (different return path)

  • December 5, 2008
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Description

This article demonstrates asymmetric routing: return path on a different interface. Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) is a mechanism that allows multiple routes to the same destination with different next-hops in the routing. ECMP also load-balances routed traffic over those multiple next-hops.

Components
Document originally written for FortiOS firmware version 3.0
Content applicable also for FortiOS version 4.00 MR3 and 5.0.x
Steps or Commands

See the attached document.



 

 

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