{"draft":"draft-thaler-multipath-05","doc_id":"RFC2991","title":" Multipath Issues in Unicast and Multicast Next-Hop Selection ","authors":["D. Thaler","C. Hopps"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"9","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Legacy","abstract":" The effect of multipath routing on a forwarder is that the forwarder potentially has several next-hops for any given destination and must use some method to choose which next-hop should be used for a given data packet.  This memo summarizes current practices, problems, and solutions.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.  ","pub_date":"October 2000","keywords":["routing","forwarding","packets","ECMP"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC2991","errata_url":null}