Refer to the exhibit. An engineer receives an alert for high packet loss from the ISP edge for a BGP test, and the path visualization shows the ISP is peering in another city rather than the local…

Question

Options

• AContact the ISP and request to peer locally.
• BContact the ISP and request to peer in another city.
• CContact the ISP and request to change the routing protocol.
• DContact the ISP and request to change the ASN.

• A
  75% (42)
• B
  14% (8)
• C
  4% (2)
• D
  7% (4)

Explanation

Option A is correct because the alert reveals the ISP is peering in a different city instead of locally, which introduces unnecessary latency and increases the chance of packet loss - the very symptom being observed. The fix is straightforward: request that the ISP establish a local peering point so traffic takes the shortest, most direct path.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B is the opposite of the fix - peering in another city is already the problem causing packet loss.
• C is irrelevant; BGP is the standard exterior routing protocol for ISP peering, and changing protocols wouldn't resolve a geographic path issue.
• D is irrelevant; ASN (Autonomous System Number) is an identifier, not a routing path decision - changing it wouldn't move where the peer physically connects.

Memory tip: Think "path visualization = geography problem." When a test shows traffic taking a longer geographic route than expected, the answer is almost always about where you peer, not how (protocol) or who (ASN). Local problem → request local peering.

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