From: M_A_Jones@DellTeam.com
Date: Mon Feb 18 2008 - 19:43:24 ARST
You experts can add more...but ill try to help...
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WEIGHT (local only to your router) used to tell your bgp router which
paths to a specific prefix are better
LOCAL PREFERENCE (AS wide attribute) Sets preferences on prefixs,
another attribute to select best path to a prefix or AS
MED (Used for entry points to a diff AS) should be used on the
gateway routers between to AS's with multiple entries...sends hints to
preferred gateway
COMMUNITY (allows only specific AS's to be injected bgp wise to a
differnt as)
Michael Jones
Network Engineer
Global Network Operations
Dell Inc. | Information Technology
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Nnamdi Onyebuchi
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:46 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: BGP Attributes
Hello,
Can someone help out on when to use the following BGP Attributes:
WEIGHT
LOCAL PREFERENCE
MED
COMMUNITY
I will appreciate your kind response.
Regards,
Nnamdi
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