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Attributes About BGP
Name Description Type Path Vector
Well-known Mandatory · Must be supported and propagated eBGP AD 20
1 Origin Origin type (IGP, EGP, or unknown) iBGP AD 200
List of autonomous systems which the Standard RFC 4271
2 AS Path
advertisement has traversed
Protocols IP
3 Next Hop External peer in neighboring AS
Transport TCP/179
Well-known Discretionary · Must be supported; propagation optional
Authentication MD5
Metric for internal neighbors to reach
5 Local Preference
external destinations (default 100) Terminology
Includes ASes which have been dropped Autonomous System (AS)
6 Atomic Aggregate
due to route aggregation A logical domain under the control of a
Optional Transitive · Marked as partial if unsupported by neighbor single entity