350-501 · Question #329
Refer to the exhibit. A network engineer at ISP-B must advertise 198.19.100.0/24 - 198.19.105.0/24 prefixes to ISP-A with these requirements: - Prefixes 198.19.100.0/24 - 198.19.102.0/24 must have…
The correct answer is C. configure terminal. The engineer must configure BGP policies to selectively apply community strings and AS-path prepending to specific prefixes before advertising them to an eBGP neighbor. The send-community command is essential to ensure community attributes are transmitted.
Question
Refer to the exhibit. A network engineer at ISP-B must advertise 198.19.100.0/24 – 198.19.105.0/24 prefixes to ISP-A with these requirements:
- Prefixes 198.19.100.0/24 – 198.19.102.0/24 must have the community
set to 64602:10.
- Prefixes 198.19.103.0/24 – 198.19.105.0/24 must have the community
set to 64602:11.
- The AS_PATH for the 198.19.103.0/24 – 198.19.105.0/24 prefixes must
appear as “64602 64602” in ASN 64601. Which configuration must the engineer implement on the ISP-B router to meet the requirements?
Exhibit
Options
- Aconfigure terminal
- Bconfigure terminal
- Cconfigure terminal
- Dconfigure terminal
How the community answered
(24 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- C79% (19)
- D13% (3)
Why each option
The engineer must configure BGP policies to selectively apply community strings and AS-path prepending to specific prefixes before advertising them to an eBGP neighbor. The `send-community` command is essential to ensure community attributes are transmitted.
This option omits the `neighbor 192.168.1.1 send-community` command. Without this command, the BGP communities configured in the route-map would not be transmitted to the eBGP peer, failing to meet the requirements for community attributes.
While this option includes the `neighbor 192.168.1.1 send-community` command, it also includes an unnecessary `route-map TO-ISP-A permit 30` clause which would permit all other routes not explicitly matched, potentially advertising prefixes that are not intended to be sent to ISP-A.
This configuration accurately defines prefix-lists for the two groups of prefixes, uses a route-map to apply the specified BGP communities (`64602:10` and `64602:11`) and correctly prepends the AS_PATH (`64602 64602`) for the second group. Crucially, the `neighbor send-community` command ensures these community attributes are actually sent to the eBGP neighbor (ISP-A), fulfilling all requirements.
This option suffers from the same critical flaw as Option A by omitting the `neighbor 192.168.1.1 send-community` command, which is necessary for the BGP community attributes to be advertised to the eBGP neighbor.
Concept tested: BGP Route-map policy (community, AS-path prepend)
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/iproute_bgp/configuration/guide/irg_comm.html
Topics
Community Discussion
No community discussion yet for this question.
