Question 81 · 377 in bank
A network engineer is configuring RIP as the routing protocol between multiple PEs and CEs. The engineer must avoid advertising the same routes back to their sources. Which action should be performed on the routers to accomplish this task?
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Answer: A
Explanation
BGP SOO is a BGP extended community attribute and stands for BGP Site of Origin. SoO uniquely identifies the site that has originated the route. SoO is also useful to prevent routing loops and suboptimal routing, especially used to prevent routing loops on dual-homed sites. SoO can be used even when IGP is used between PE-CE routers and can also be used when BGP is used between PE-CE routers. SoO value needs to be defined in one of the below Naming Conventions – A 16-bit autonomous system number, a colon, and a 32-bit number, for example, 45000:3 A 32-bit IP address, a colon, and a 16-bit number, for example, 192.168.10.2:51 BGP SOO Rule of Operation SOO is applied on updates coming to PE1 from CE router and when these routes are advertised as VPNV4 route to PE router PE2, the PE2 router doesn’t advertise the routes back to the CE router hence avoiding the routing loop.
Source: Adapted from community discussion — mohdema
