BGP Weight Attribute
A Cisco router can use the BGP weight, in that router to influence that one router’s choice of outbound route. To do so, when a router receives a BGP update, that router can set the weight either selectively, per route, using route map or for all routes learned competing routes, choosing the route with the bigger weight.
Weight is cisco proprietary attribute, weight tells how to exit the autonomous system. Path with the highest weight is more desirable range is 0 through 65,535, by default 0 for learned routes, 32,768 for locally injected routes. weight is partial attribute, set on inbound route update.
lets see the configuration:-
Topology:-
GOAL:
- configure the topology as per the diagram.
- configure the basic iBGP and EBGP peering using directly connected interfaces.
- advertise all the interfaces as per the topology
- configure the next-hop address should be the next router address
- configure router 4 to prefer exit path via router1 to reach all the networks.
R1#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
FastEthernet0/0 10.1.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Serial3/0 1.1.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Serial3/3 4.1.1.2 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback0 11.0.0.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback1 11.0.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback2 11.0.2.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback3 11.0.3.1 YES NVRAM up up
R2#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
FastEthernet0/0 20.1.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Serial3/0 1.1.1.2 YES NVRAM up up
Serial3/1 2.1.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback0 12.0.0.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback1 12.0.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback2 12.0.2.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback3 12.0.3.1 YES NVRAM up up
R3#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
FastEthernet0/0 30.1.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Serial3/1 2.1.1.2 YES NVRAM up up
Serial3/2 3.1.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback0 13.0.0.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback1 13.0.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback2 13.0.2.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback3 13.0.3.1 YES NVRAM up up
R4#show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
FastEthernet0/0 40.1.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Serial3/2 3.1.1.2 YES NVRAM up up
Serial3/3 4.1.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback0 14.0.0.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback1 14.0.1.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback2 14.0.2.1 YES NVRAM up up
Loopback3 14.0.3.1 YES NVRAM up up
R1(config)#router bgp 65111
R1(config-router)#neighbor 1.1.1.2 remote-as 65111
R1(config-router)#neighbor 4.1.1.1 remote-as 65444
R1(config-router)#neighbor 1.1.1.2 next-hop-self
R1(config-router)#network 10.0.0.0
R1(config-router)#network 1.0.0.0
R1(config-router)#network 4.0.0.0
R1(config-router)#network 11.0.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0
R1(config-router)#no auto-summary
R1(config-router)#no synchronization
R2(config)#router bgp 65111
R2(config-router)#neighbor 1.1.1.1 remote-as 65111
R2(config-router)#neighbor 2.1.1.2 remote-as 65333
R2(config-router)#neighbor 1.1.1.1 next-hop-self
R2(config-router)#network 20.0.0.0
R2(config-router)#network 2.0.0.0
R2(config-router)#network 1.0.0.0
R2(config-router)#network 12.0.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0
R2(config-router)#no auto-summary
R2(config-router)#no synchronization
R3(config)#router bgp 65333
R3(config-router)#neighbor 2.1.1.1 remote-as 65111
R3(config-router)#neighbor 3.1.1.2 remote-as 65444
R3(config-router)#network 30.0.0.0
R3(config-router)#network 3.0.0.0
R3(config-router)#network 2.0.0.0
R3(config-router)#network 13.0.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0
R3(config-router)#no synchronization
R3(config-router)#no auto-summary
R4(config)#router bgp 65444
R4(config-router)#neighbor 3.1.1.1 remote-as 65333
R4(config-router)#neighbor 4.1.1.2 remote-as 65111
R4(config-router)#network 40.0.0.0
R4(config-router)#network 4.0.0.0
R4(config-router)#network 14.0.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0
R4(config-router)#network 3.0.0.0
R4(config-router)#no synchronization
R4(config-router)#no auto-summary
R1#show ip bgp summary
BGP router identifier 11.0.3.1, local AS number 65111
Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd
1.1.1.2 4 65111 14 13 14 0 0 00:06:21 7
4.1.1.1 4 65444 14 9 14 0 0 00:02:07 7
R2#show ip bgp summary
BGP router identifier 12.0.3.1, local AS number 65111
Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd
1.1.1.1 4 65111 13 14 14 0 0 00:06:56 7
2.1.1.2 4 65333 11 12 14 0 0 00:04:29 6
R3#show ip bgp summary
BGP router identifier 13.0.3.1, local AS number 65333
Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd
2.1.1.1 4 65111 13 12 14 0 0 00:05:27 9
3.1.1.2 4 65444 11 14 14 0 0 00:03:59 9
R4#show ip bgp summary
BGP router identifier 14.0.3.1, local AS number 65444
Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd
3.1.1.1 4 65333 14 12 21 0 0 00:04:25 10
4.1.1.2 4 65111 11 16 21 0 0 00:04:05 9
R4#sh ip bgp
BGP table version is 21, local router ID is 14.0.3.1
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
r RIB-failure, S Stale, m multipath, b backup-path, f RT-Filter,
x best-external, a additional-path, c RIB-compressed,
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
RPKI validation codes: V valid, I invalid, N Not found
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 1.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 0 0 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
* 2.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 0 65111 i
*> 3.1.1.1 0 0 65333 i
*> 3.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 0 65333 i
*> 4.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
* 4.1.1.2 0 0 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
*> 10.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 0 0 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
*> 11.0.0.0/24 4.1.1.2 0 0 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
*> 12.0.0.0/24 4.1.1.2 0 65111 i
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
* 13.0.0.0/24 4.1.1.2 0 65111 65333 i
*> 3.1.1.1 0 0 65333 i
*> 14.0.0.0/24 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
*> 20.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 0 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
* 30.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 0 65111 65333 i
*> 3.1.1.1 0 0 65333 i
*> 40.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
R4#traceroute 30.1.1.1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Tracing the route to 30.1.1.1
VRF info: (vrf in name/id, vrf out name/id)
1 3.1.1.1 168 msec 60 msec 24 msec
To reach the 30.1.1.1 router 4 by default using 3.1.1.1 interface because it has less numbers of AS.
but we want to router 4 go via 4.1.1.1 interface to reach all the networks.
R4(config)#router bgp 65444
R4(config-router)#neighbor 4.1.1.2 weight 20000
R4(config-router)#end
R4#clear ip bgp * soft
R4#traceroute 30.1.1.1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Tracing the route to 30.1.1.1
VRF info: (vrf in name/id, vrf out name/id)
1 4.1.1.2 8 msec 56 msec 4 msec
2 1.1.1.2 [AS 65111] 52 msec 40 msec 36 msec
3 2.1.1.2 [AS 65111] 52 msec 40 msec 64 msec
R4#show ip bgp 30.1.1.1
BGP routing table entry for 30.0.0.0/8, version 22
Paths: (2 available, best #1, table default)
Advertised to update-groups:
1
Refresh Epoch 2
65111 65333
4.1.1.2 from 4.1.1.2 (11.0.3.1)
Origin IGP, localpref 100, weight 20000, valid, external, best
rx pathid: 0, tx pathid: 0x0
Refresh Epoch 3
65333
3.1.1.1 from 3.1.1.1 (13.0.3.1)
Origin IGP, metric 0, localpref 100, valid, external
rx pathid: 0, tx pathid: 0
R4#show ip bgp
R4#show ip bgp
BGP table version is 29, local router ID is 14.0.3.1
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal,
r RIB-failure, S Stale, m multipath, b backup-path, f RT-Filter,
x best-external, a additional-path, c RIB-compressed,
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
RPKI validation codes: V valid, I invalid, N Not found
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*> 1.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 0 20000 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
*> 2.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 20000 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 0 65333 i
*> 3.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 0 65333 i
*> 4.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
* 4.1.1.2 0 20000 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
*> 10.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 0 20000 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
*> 11.0.0.0/24 4.1.1.2 0 20000 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
*> 12.0.0.0/24 4.1.1.2 20000 65111 i
Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
*> 13.0.0.0/24 4.1.1.2 20000 65111 65333 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 0 65333 i
*> 14.0.0.0/24 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
*> 20.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 20000 65111 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 65333 65111 i
*> 30.0.0.0 4.1.1.2 20000 65111 65333 i
* 3.1.1.1 0 0 65333 i
*> 40.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 32768 i
