BGP Attributes Categories
by BGP Attributes Categories BGP Attributes Categories are 1) WELL-KNOWN, MANDATORY , 2) WELL-KNOWN, DISCRETIONARY, 3) OPTIONAL, TRANSITIVE, 4) OPTIONAL, NON-TRANSITIVE. details are: [boxads] WELL-KNOWN, MANDATORY AS-path: A list of the Autonomous Systems (AS) numbers that a route passes through to reach the destination. As the update passes through an AS the AS number is inserted at the beginning of the list. The AS-path attribute has a reverse-order list of AS passed through to get to the destination. Next-hop: The next-hop address that is used to reach the destination. Origin: Indicates how BGP learned a particular route. There are three possible …