> To influence OUTBOUND traffic to the internet to take one router
> over another (regardless of which router the traffic came in) I would
> tweak BGP preferences such as local pref
Yes
> metric
No, assuming you use two different providers. Cisco only compare
metric between routes heard from the *same* AS.
> etc using route maps and such.
Yes.
> Is that a fair summarization and grasp of the concept?
-ish. Localpref is the easiest and cleanest way to do this, IMHO.
The other thing to remember is tweaking your *inbound* traffic
is much harder.
-- Alex Bligh GX Networks (formerly Xara Networks)
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