Re: Route Selection in BGP

Hello my friend!

I must read into your question a bit...it sounds like you have been presented with a BGP Best-Path Selection task to influence outbound traffic flows. As you have noted, both Weight and Local Preference are options for this manipulation. You will need to read very carefully to see if the task requires one solution over another. If, after reading carefully, you determine that the Cisco proctors are not grading for a particular method, feel free to use either. And remember, in rare cases like this in the lab where you can choose between options, always pick what you are most confident and fastest in configuring.

Warmest Regards,

Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
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Q: Which BGP attribute is Cisco proprietary and is only local to the Cisco router?
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On May 3, 2010, at 7:03 PM, oluwaseyi ojo wrote:

> Hell,
>
>
> In the lab if you are given a task to influence route selection based on
> weight and local pref.
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> Can you use both weight and local pref attributes to influence route
> selection or use either?
>
> Comments will be deeply appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ojo Oluwaseyi O.
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Received on Mon May 03 2010 - 21:55:00 ART