US Patent 11038834 Selecting an external link of a plurality of external links

An example system may comprise a set of network devices in a network topology, the network topology having a plurality of external links that connect to other networks, wherein the system comprises a processing resource to: assign multiple Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to one of the network interfaces of a client device; communicate the multiple IP addresses to a network interface of the client device; receive a packet from the one of the network interfaces, wherein the packet includes a source address that is one of the multiple IP addresses; select an external link of the plurality of external links based on the source address of the packet; and forward the packet via the external link of the plurality of external links.