{
  "draft": "draft-thaler-multipath-05",
  "doc_id": "RFC2991",
  "title": "Multipath Issues in Unicast and Multicast Next-Hop Selection",
  "authors": [
    "D. Thaler",
    "C. Hopps"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "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": "November 2000",
  "keywords": [
    "routing",
    "forwarding",
    "packets",
    "ECMP"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC2991",
  "errata_url": null
}