Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

Thu Jul 1 18:29:47 UTC 2021

On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 8:04 PM Douglas Fischer <fischerdouglas at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I friend Suggested that EVPN could help-me, but I must confess that is a
> hard topic to me.
> Unless it can be used depending exclusively on software (no special
> hardware required), it won't fit.
>
>
Linux has EVPN support. Or you could use network switches with EVPN support.

EVPN will let each server or direct connected switch be a hidden layer 3
gateway. The application will not know about it and it will appear to be
layer 2 but routable like layer 3. Which means you can do anycast at layer
3. Physically the packets are moved in tunnels so you can use any layer 2
or layer 3 hardware at your choice.

Regards,

Baldur
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