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Figure 50 MED attribute

Generally BGP only compares MEDs of routes received from the same AS. You can also use the
compare-different-as-med command to force BGP to compare MED values of routes received from

different ASs.

LOCAL_PREF
The LOCAL_PREF attribute is exchanged between IBGP peers only, and is not advertised to any
other AS. It indicates the priority of a BGP router.
BGP uses LOCAL_PREF to determine the optimal route for traffic leaving the local AS. When a BGP

router obtains multiple routes to the same destination but with different next hops, it considers the
route with the highest LOCAL_PREF value as the optimal route. As shown in

Figure 51

, traffic from

AS 20 to AS 10 travels through Router C that is selected according to LOCAL_PREF.

D = 9.0.0.0
Next_hop = 2.1.1.1
MED = 0

D = 9.0.0.0
Next_hop = 3.1.1.1
MED = 100

MED = 0

Router B

Router A

Router C

Router D

2.1.1.1

3.1.1.1

MED = 100

AS 20

AS 10

9.0.0.0

EBGP

EBGP

IBGP

IBGP

IBGP

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