Review Questions

1:With most BGP implementations, what is the source address of the TCP packets sent to a peer? How can this cause a problem for eBGP sessions built between nonconnected interfaces?
2:How many IP hops does BGP normally assume will be between two eBGP peers? How is this condition normally checked within BGP implementations?
3:Which open parameters can cause a BGP session to fail?
4:What three common problems can cause a peering session to flap between two BGP speakers?
5:What problem is synchronization between BGP and interior gateway protocol learned routes supposed to prevent? What methods are used to prevent these problems from occurring without synchronization being enabled?
6:BGP speakers do not normally change the next hop when ...

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