> On Jul 27, 2021, at 10:54 , Vimal <j.vi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> (Unsure if this is the right forum to ask this question, but here goes:)
>
> From what I understand, IP Anycast can be used to steer traffic into a server
> that's close to the client.
>
> I am curious if anyone here has/encountered a setup where they use anycast IP
> on their gateways... to have a predictable egress IP for their traffic,
> regardless of where they are located?
> For example, a search engine crawler could in principle have the same IP
> advertised all over the world, but it looks like they don't... I wonder why?
Because there’s no good/reliable way to get the replies back to the correct
initiating host.
Owen
