350-501 Networking Practice Question
In BGP route selection, which attribute is considered before the MED when comparing routes from different ASes?
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ORIGIN type
The BGP best path selection order is: weight, local pref, originated locally, AS_PATH length, ORIGIN, MED, etc. MED is considered after ORIGIN.
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Local preference
Why it's wrong here
Local pref is considered earlier, before AS_PATH.
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Next-hop reachability
Why it's wrong here
Next-hop reachability is an early check but not a tiebreaker step.
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ORIGIN type
Why this is correct
ORIGIN (IGP, EGP, incomplete) is compared before MED.
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AS_PATH length
Why it's wrong here
AS_PATH is considered before ORIGIN, which is before MED.
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