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Hi, I have been tasked with setting bgp between two sites to one isp.
I was wondering how to have primary and secondary bgp routes at both
sites for redundancy pointing to one isp. Is there a way to do this.

Thanks in Advance

James

> I was wondering how to have primary and secondary bgp routes at both
> sites for redundancy pointing to one isp. Is there a way to do this.

Yes set different values for the BGP route attribute "local
preference" on each of your routers.

Local in this context means within your AS.

Local preference is one of the parameters that BGP uses in its route
selection algorithm to select the "best" path which is then installed
in the RIB ( routing table).

OBTW you will need to set up internal BGP between the two routers that
will be connected to the ISP

[theapplebee]

you can either local-pref or AS prepending.
If you want to use local-pref parameters, you must use BGP community string which is provided by your ISP.
If you use AS prepending option, you don't have to use BGP community string.

Just F.Y.I