BGP - The BGP Weight Attribute
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Border Gateway Protocol, or BGP, is a routing protocol that uses a series of attributes to determine the best path through large networks such as the Internet. These attributes are examined in a standardized and predefined sequential order. The first attribute that is examined is the Weight attribute.
In this video, we'll introduce you to this peculiar attribute and explain how it works, and under what circumstances it can and should be used.
If you want to find out more about the BGP routing protocol, or the method by which attributes are used to determine the best path, take a look at some of my other videos linked below (after the chapter list...)
☑️ Chapter list:
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00:00 Introduction
01:00 The Weight Attribute
02:10 A Practical Example
05:25 How to Apply the Weight
06:36 Summary
🟩 Related Videos and Links:
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Video: What is BGP? - • What is BGP?
Video: BGP attributes and determining the best path - • BGP Attributes and Determining the Best Path
BGP Official Definition RFC 4271 - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html...
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Corrections:
1:37 The weight is actually a 16-bit value ranging from 0 to 65535. Thanks to @konetidiane3896 for catching that error!!
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