Which BGP attribute(s) can influence the path that outgoing traffic takes from your AS to other autonomous systems? (Choose two.)
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Correct answer: Weight, Local Preference.
Why this is the answer
Weight and Local Preference are BGP attributes that influence outgoing traffic from your AS. Weight is a Cisco-proprietary attribute, locally significant to the router, and is the first attribute checked in the BGP best path selection process. A higher Weight value is preferred. Local Preference is an AS-wide attribute, meaning it's shared among all BGP routers within the same AS, and a higher Local Preference value is preferred. It is used to influence how traffic leaves the AS. MED (Multi-Exit Discriminator) influences how incoming traffic enters your AS, making it incorrect for this question. ASPath is primarily used for loop prevention and as a tie-breaker in the best path selection process, not for directly influencing outgoing path selection in the same way Weight and Local Preference do.
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