Networking - What are BGP Path
Attributes? - Jan 30, 2010 at 18:00 pm by Vidya Sagar
What are BGP Path Attributes?
BGP Path attribute : The prefix being advertised is described by BGP Path
attribute. To describe a route there are many more attributes. These let the
downstream people for informing decisions about the routing of a packet.
An UPDATE message is used to send path attributes, and could be any one of the
following classes: Well-known mandatory
• Well-known discretionary
• Optional transitive
• Optional non-transitive
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