Chapter 8: BGP

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8.1 Autonomous Systems
8.1.1 Overview of autonomous systems
8.1.2 Single-homed autonomous systems
8.1.3 Multihomed nontransit autonomous systems
8.1.4 Multihomed transit autonomous systems
8.1.5 When not to use BGP
8.2 BGP Basic Operations
8.2.1 BGP routing updates
8.2.2 BGP neighbors
8.2.3 BGP message types
8.2.4 BGP neighbor negotiation
8.2.5 Network-layer reachability information (NLRI)
8.2.6 Path attributes
8.3 Configuring BGP 
8.3.1 Basic BGP configuration
8.3.2 EBGP and IBGP
8.3.3 EBGP and IBGP configuration example
8.3.4  EBGP multihop
8.3.5 Clearing the BGP table
8.3.6 Peering
8.3.7 How to maintain BGP continuity inside an AS
8.3.8 Synchronization within an AS
8.4 Monitoring BGP operation
8.4.1 Verifying BGP operation
8.5 The BGP Routing Process
8.5.1 An overview of the BGP routing process
8.5.2 The BGP routing process model
8.5.3 Implementing BGP routing policy
8.6 BGP Attributes
8.6.1 Controlling BGP routing with attributes
8.6.2 The Next Hop attribute
8.6.3 Next Hop behavior on multiaccess media
8.6.4 Next Hop behavior on NBMA networks
8.6.5 The AS_Path attribute
8.6.6 AS_Path and private AS numbers
8.6.7 Manipulating routes with AS_Path
8.6.8 The Atomic Aggregate attribute
8.6.9 The Aggregator attribute
8.6.10 The Local Preference attribute
8.6.11 Manipulating Local Preference
8.6.12 The Weight attribute
8.6.13 The Multiple Exit Discriminator attribute
8.6.14 MED configuration example
8.6.15 The Origin attribute
8.7 The BGP Decision Process
8.7.1 The BGP decision process
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8.8 BGP Configuration Lab Exercises
8.8.1 Configuring BGP
8.8.2 Configuring IBGP and EBGP sessions
8.8.3 Using the AS_PATH attribute
8.8.4 Using the LOCAL_PREF and MED attributes