Which statement about the preferred path to the 10.0.0.0/8 network is true?

Refer to the exhibit.

Network 10.0.0.0/8 is being advertised to autonomous system 65550 via both external links.
Which statement about the preferred path to the 10.0.0.0/8 network is true?

Refer to the exhibit.

Network 10.0.0.0/8 is being advertised to autonomous system 65550 via both external links.
Which statement about the preferred path to the 10.0.0.0/8 network is true?

A.
Router R1 will be preferred because its neighbor has the higher autonomous system number.

B.
Router R1 will be preferred because it has the lower neighbor IP address.

C.
Router R1 will be preferred because it has a lower local preference.

D.
Router R2 will be preferred because its neighbor has a lower autonomous system number.

E.
Router R2 will be preferred because it has the higher neighbor IP address.

F.
Router R2 will be preferred because it has a higher local preference.

Explanation:
The preferred path to 10.0.0.0/8 network is R2 because it has a higher local preference.
The following process summarizes how BGP chooses the best route on a Cisco router.
In this example, since the weights remained the same (default) value the next thing that is looked
at is the highest local preference.



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