BGP - What is the MED BGP Attribute?
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The Multi Exit Discriminator (MED), which is sometimes simply called the metric, is another attribute that is used by the BGP best path algorithm to determine the best path. MED is ideal for influencing how traffic enters a particular autonomous system (AS). In this video, we'll explain the MED attribute, how it works, and how it falls into place within the whole scheme of things.
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.
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
00:28 What is MED?
02:35 Adjusting the MED
03:37 Characteristics of MED
05:02 Summary
🟩 Related Videos and Links:
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Video: What is BGP? - • What is BGP?
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Video: BGP Attribute Categories - • BGP Attribute Categories - well-known opti...
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Video: BGP - Why is the BGP Best Path Algorithm so complex? - • BGP - Why is the BGP Best Path Algorithm s...
Video: BGP - What is the Local Preference Attribute? - • BGP - What is the Local Preference BGP Att...
Video: BGP - What is the Origin Code BGP Attribute? - • BGP - What is the Origin Code BGP Attribute?
BGP Official Definition RFC 4271 - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html...
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