Question 780
In an AWS networking assessment, on-premises routers advertise conflicting equal CIDR prefixes through two VPNs, and traffic oscillates during BGP updates. Which technical explanation BEST accounts for the observed condition?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Competing identical prefixes with unstable attributes can produce repeated forwarding changes. This explains the observed network behavior, which can be checked by verifying that the route table selects one intended stable path and application traffic stops oscillating.
Incorrect Answers
Multiple interfaces do not automatically guarantee symmetric operating-system return paths. For the stated conditions, competing identical prefixes with unstable attributes can produce repeated forwarding changes. The more specific mechanism is BGP path selection requires stable attributes and consistent route advertisement policy to avoid churn.
The new prefix needs explicit route visibility even when the existing original VPC addresses work. The decisive technical distinction is BGP path selection requires stable attributes and consistent route advertisement policy to avoid churn; competing identical prefixes with unstable attributes can produce repeated forwarding changes.
Coarse summarization can hide reachability differences and route withdrawals from downstream peers. For the stated conditions, competing identical prefixes with unstable attributes can produce repeated forwarding changes. The more specific mechanism is BGP path selection requires stable attributes and consistent route advertisement policy to avoid churn.






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