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BGP Attribute MED

Scenario: The biggest ISP in the carribean needs your help with BGP. One of the junior BGP network engineers configured some new sites but has trouble influencing traffic patterns. Show him how to configure BGP MED and you’ll…

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BGP Attribute AS Path

Scenario: A local steelmill has asked you to help them with their BGP network. The steelmill has two sites and routing information is used by using BGP. Everything is working fine except the backup link is being used…

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BGP Transit AS

Scenario: Tillywood is one of the major movie studios located in Tilburg, The Netherlands. You are working there as a junior network engineer and assigned at the BGP team. One of the trainees has configured part of the…

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BGP MD5 Authentication

Scenario: You are working for a networking site and responsible for creating labs. After a day of working on BGP labs you notice you don’t have any lab on MD5 authentication. BGP authentication is one of the features…

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IBGP – Internal BGP

Scenario: Big Blooms is a fairly large retail company selling all kinds of flowers. Big Blooms has multiple sites and will use BGP in the future to connect all the different sites. Their headquarters network will be used…

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EBGP – External BGP

Scenario: Textilalicious is a large international company specialized in selling Wool, Silk, Cotton and Flax. Each region is specialized in selling a different type of textile. To support the growth of the company network your boss has decided…

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BGP Attribute Origin

Scenario: You are a gunslinger living in Arizona and also a network engineer for the town network. To make sure your town has connectivity with other towns you have configured the town router with BGP. Another town is…

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BGP Attribute Local Preference

Scenario: You work as a network engineer for a laboratium in San Francisco which is specialized in genetic engineering. To exchange research information with other laboratoria and universities you have built a network using BGP. At this moment…

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BGP Attribute Weight

Scenario: You wake up in what seems to be a server room…trapped in a chair and tied up by what seems to be networking cabling. In front of you is a LED screen showing you a lady in…

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BGP IBGP Blackhole Routing

Scenario: You are applying for a new job at a Dutch networking company specialised in routing & switching solutions. One of the senior networking engineers decides to take you up the test and see what your skills are…

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