8 thoughts on “Drag and Drop Question

  1. For me, the best way to memorize is:

    “We Love Oranges AS Oranges Mean Pure Refreshment”

    W Weight (Highest)
    L LOCAL_PREF (Highest)
    O Originate (local)
    AS AS_PATH (shortest)
    O ORIGIN Code (IGP > EGP > Incomplete)
    M MED (lowest)
    P Paths (External > Internal)
    R RID (lowest)

  2. The good answer is:
    Weight-Local pref-Aspath-Origin-M

    N = next hop reachability
    W = weight, bigger is better
    L = local preference, bigger is better
    L = locally injected preferred over BGP learned (if we have a c
    A = AS path length, shorter is better
    O = origin, (igp is better than egp is better than incomplete)
    M = MED, lower is better
    N = neighbor type, ebgp better than ibgp
    I = IGP metric to BGP next-hop, lower is better

    Locally injected means that the router itself is the originator of the route, by netwok keyword, or aggregation, or redistribution of another protocol.
    Origin focuses on the real origin of this route,:
    0 IGP – Network Layer Reachability Information
    is interior to the originating AS

    1 EGP – Network Layer Reachability Information
    learned via the EGP protocol [RFC904]

    2 INCOMPLETE – Network Layer Reachability
    Information learned by some other means

  3. Maksym is right:
    In order to be candidates for multipath, paths to the same destination need to have these characteristics equal to the best-path characteristics:
    Weight
    Local preference
    AS-PATH length
    Origin
    MED

      1. Ant,
        Your link shows as same as I!
        AS_path before origin of route. Please double check it.

        The correct order is:
        1) W
        2) L
        3) A
        4) O
        5) M

        Moderator must correct this “question” using my example.
        Thanks

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