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@@ -1043,9 +1043,12 @@ for each neighbor using the following configuration parameters:
Discriminator to be used during route selection when the MED attribute
is missing. Default: 0.
- <tag>default bgp_local_pref <m/number/</tag> Value of the Local Preference
- to be used during route selection when the Local Preference attribute
- is missing. Default: 0.
+ <tag>default bgp_local_pref <m/number/</tag> A default value
+ for the Local Preference attribute. It is used when a new
+ Local Preference attribute is attached to a route by the BGP
+ protocol itself (for example, if a route is received through
+ eBGP and therefore does not have such attribute). Default: 100
+ (0 in pre-1.2.0 versions of BIRD).
</descrip>
<sect1>Attributes