Hello! Would it be feasible for you to have a special route attribute to be set in filters that would control the nexthop weight? That seems to be probably a most simple solution.
Maria On November 19, 2020 5:42:38 PM GMT+01:00, Nigel Kukard <nkuk...@lbsd.net> wrote: >On 11/19/20 4:06 PM, Alexander Demenshin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have two uplinks (different AS), and one is more stable/preferred, >> but when "merge paths" is set to on, all routes are generated with >> weight 1: >> >> 5.21.41.0/24 proto bird >> nexthop via 10.16.0.1 dev uplink1 weight 1 >> nexthop via 10.17.0.1 dev uplink2 weight 1 >> >> Is there any way to adjust weight for ECMP generated from BGP >sessions? >> >> I could not find any option/attribute when it is related to BGP or >kernel >> protocol, while it is possible for OSPF and static protocols (to a >> degree). >> >> Adjusting local preference or med (in BGP) does not really help - >weight >> is unchanged, though of course I could force routes from specific AS >> to be preferred, but then I lose ECMP and if preferred session is >dropped >> it takes time to restore connectivity. >> >> Thank you! > > >I'd just like to say I'm very interested in this aswell, it would be an >amazing feature to have. > > >-N -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
