- Written by Mason Rumuly
- Posted on March 3, 2023
- Updated on November 13, 2024
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Multihoming in EVPN allows a single customer edge (CE) to connect to multiple provider edges (PE or tunnel endpoint). In any multihoming EVPN instance (EVI), for each ethernet segment a designated forwarder is elected using EVPN type 4 Ethernet Segment (ES) routes sent through BGP. In single-active mode, the designated forwarder (DF) is responsible for sending and receiving all traffic. In all-active mode, the DF is only used to determine whether broadcast, unknown
- Written by Chris Hydon
- Posted on April 20, 2021
- Updated on April 20, 2026
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Multihoming in EVPN allows a single customer edge (CE) to connect to multiple provider edges (PE or tunnel endpoint). The default mode of operation is all-active, in which the CE connects using link aggregation and can send traffic to either PE by hashing (or any other means) and expect the traffic to be successfully delivered.