You want to use Cloud Interconnect to connect your on-premises network to a GCP VPC. You cannot meet Google at one of its point-of-presence (POP) locations, and your on-premises router cannot run a…

The correct answer is D. Partner Interconnect with a layer 3 partner. For Layer 3 connections, your service provider establishes a BGP session between your Cloud Routers and their edge routers for each VLAN attachment. You don't need to configure BGP on your on-premises router. Google and your service provider automatically set the correct…

Submitted by marco_it· Apr 18, 2026Designing, planning, and prototyping a Google Cloud network

Question

You want to use Cloud Interconnect to connect your on-premises network to a GCP VPC. You cannot meet Google at one of its point-of-presence (POP) locations, and your on-premises router cannot run a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) configuration. Which connectivity model should you use?

Options

ADirect Peering
BDedicated Interconnect
CPartner Interconnect with a layer 2 partner
DPartner Interconnect with a layer 3 partner

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A
7% (2)
B
3% (1)
C
14% (4)
D
76% (22)

Explanation

For Layer 3 connections, your service provider establishes a BGP session between your Cloud Routers and their edge routers for each VLAN attachment. You don't need to configure BGP on your on-premises router. Google and your service provider automatically set the correct https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/interconnect/concepts/partner-overview

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#Cloud Interconnect#Partner Interconnect#Layer 3 VPN#BGP

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