An engineer must ensure that all traffic leaving AS 200 will choose Link 2 as the exit point. Assuming that all BGP neighbor relationships have been formed and that the attributes have not been changed on any of the routers, which configuration accomplish task?

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An engineer must ensure that all traffic leaving AS 200 will choose Link 2 as the exit point. Assuming that all BGP neighbor relationships have been formed and that the attributes have not been changed on any of the routers, which configuration accomplish task?
A . R4(config-router)bgp default local-preference 200
B. R3(config-router)neighbor 10.1.1.1 weight 200
C. R3(config-router)bgp default local-preference 200
D. R4(config-router)nighbor 10.2.2.2 weight 200

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Answer: A

Explanation:

Local preference is an indication to the AS about which path has preference to exit

the AS in order to reach a certain network. A path with a higher local preference is preferred. The default value for local preference is 100.

Unlike the weight attribute, which is only relevant to the local router, local preference is an attribute that routers exchange in the same AS. The local preference is set with the “bgp default local-preferencevalue” command.

In this case, both R3 & R4 have exit links but R4 has higher local-preference so R4 will be chosen as the preferred exit point from AS 200.