BGP - What are BGP Communities?
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BGP communities are BGP attributes that are added to a BGP update about a particular route. These attributes are used to affect things like traffic engineering, dynamic routing policies, or a whole slew of other capabilities.
In this video, we'll explore BGP communities so that we can gain a better understanding of what they are and what their purpose is.
☑️ Chapter list:
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00:00 Introduction
00:29 What are BGP Communities?
01:22 Details of Community Operation
02:02 Well-Known Communities
03:34 Well-Known Communities in Action
05:57 Custom Communities
08:11 Summary
Corrections:
1:39 The range is actually from 0 to 65535, not 65536!! Thanks to @stephenwilson797 for pointing this out!
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