Skill

Understand the BGP Best Path Selection Algorithm

March 2021 with Knox Hutchinson

Join Knox Hutchinson as he explores the finer details of how BGP makes forwarding decisions.

Recommended Experience

Completion of Juniper JNCIA-Junos (JN0-103) is required

Related Certifications

Juniper JNCIA-Junos

Related Job Functions

Network engineers
Network administrators

Knox Hutchinson has been a CBT Nuggets trainer since 2018 and has received a variety of Microsoft and Cisco certifications. His areas of expertise include data analysis, data visualization, and business intelligence solutions.

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Videos in this skill

1. Overview (0:15)
2. First Things First... (4:18)
3. Local Preference (6:39)
4. Accumulated Interior Gateway Protocol (AIGP) (7:21)
5. AS-PATH (Like a Hop Count) (12:50)
6. Origin Code (5:14)
7. Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED) (4:37)
8. eBGP vs iBGP (5:03)
9. Lowest IGP Metric (Closest Exit) (4:15)
10. Oldest Path (1:49)
11. Router ID (4:58)
12. Cluster List (4:57)
13. IP Address (2:55)
14. Summarizing BGP Best Path Selection (0:53)
15. Conclusion (0:04)

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