Questions on the whole course, each with an explanation.
Advanced · 20 min read
You'll learn to check that you can choose and troubleshoot the right advanced BGP feature for a given situation.
Fifteen questions covering the whole course. The network is the course lab: AS 64500 with ISP A (64501) and ISP B (64502). Each answer has an explanation and each wrong option says why it does not fit.
Predict · scenario 1
1. Communities set on routes arrive without tags at the next network. What is missing?
Predict · scenario 2
2. Which well-known community stops a route being advertised to eBGP peers outside the AS?
Predict · scenario 3
3. What does set community 64502:200 additive do?
Predict · scenario 4
4. Which multihoming design needs the least router memory?
Predict · scenario 5
5. A backup prefix should be advertised only when a watched route disappears. Which feature fits?
Predict · scenario 6
6. Two route reflectors share a cluster ID. A reflector sees its own ID in a cluster list. It:
Predict · scenario 7
7. What is the default cluster ID?
Predict · scenario 8
8. What do outside networks see in a confederation's AS path?
Predict · scenario 9
9. Paths from ISP A and ISP B tie on every attribute but only one is installed. What is missing?
Predict · scenario 10
10. What does ttl-security hops 1 do?
Predict · scenario 11
11. A neighbour sends many more prefixes than agreed. Which control closes the session?
Predict · scenario 12
12. A route's origin AS disagrees with a covering ROA. Its validation state is: