350-501 Networking Practice Question
Which three BGP attributes are considered before the MED in the BGP best path selection process?
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Weight
Weight, local preference, and AS_PATH length are considered before MED. ORIGIN is also before MED but AS_PATH is longer.
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Weight
Why this is correct
Weight is first in order.
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Next-hop metric
Why it's wrong here
Next-hop metric is after MED.
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AS_PATH length
Why this is correct
AS_PATH is fourth, before ORIGIN and MED.
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Local preference
Why this is correct
Local pref is second.
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Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED)
Why it's wrong here
MED is after ORIGIN.
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