Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is not merely a protocol—it’s the backbone of the internet. For service provider engineers and network architects, BGP is an indispensable tool that enables global connectivity, supports MPLS VPNs, and underpins many...
The recently published AT&T white paper "Towards an Open, Disaggregated Network Operating System" shows the company’s willingness to discuss and actively...
The Internet of Things (IoT) attracts huge public attention nowadays. It is a network of interconnected physical devices (things) which sense and interact...
What is Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is a digital asset that works as a medium of exchange. It uses cryptography to secure transactions and to control the...
Recently, a new Internet draft - Internet Protocol Version 10 (IPv10) attracted attention of network enthusiasts. People on the Internet forums often ask if...
Large-scale data centers (DCs) connect hundreds of thousands or even more servers, having millions of users. Generally, every DC runs two kinds of...
Just like with the other routing protocols such as OSPF or EIGRP, BGP speaking routers first need to become neighbors prior to exchanging routing information....
BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) is a protocol used for monitoring BGP sessions. It is defined in RFC 7854. Prior to BMP, network operators used router's CLI to...
This analysis covers widely used Tier 1 carriers performance results in the US for the month of June 2017. Rare datapoints from distant locations have not...
This article discusses BGP session culling techniques that mitigate a negative impact of maintenance of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) on IP networks. IXP...
This analysis covers widely used Tier 1 carriers performance results in the US for the month of May 2017. Rare datapoints from distant locations have not been...
In this blog post we are going to explain how Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnel might be used in a situation when the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)...
This analysis covers widely used Tier 1 carriers performance results in the US for the month of April 2017. Rare datapoints from distant locations have not...