Re: Equal-cost path

["Naidu, Venkata" <Venkata.Naidu at MARCONI.COM>]

-> The correct answer would be "It's an implementation specific issue".
-> 
-> > On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Ilan Bercovich wrote:
-> > 
-> > > When not using "equal-cost multipath",
-> > > Which equal-cost path should be selected?

 A good heuristic is - select a path where there are fewer
 number nodes along the path. Note that, IGPs don't include
 node weights in SPD (Shortest Path Dag) computation. But,
 nodes/routers are very crucial in forwarding traffic in the
 data path. If we assuming all nodes in an area have same 
 capabilities (like, line rate forwarding etc), fewer number 
 node path performs better in the average case.

Venkat.