The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) serves as the lifeblood of the internet, facilitating the exchange of routing information between vast networks. However, a phenomenon known as BGP flapping can disrupt this critical function, jeopardizing network stability and...
After reading the title of this article you may be thinking of small neighborhoods in the world’s most-connected cities where BGP-minded people live together, or maybe online places where BGP connoisseurs hang out, such as the North American Network Operators...
We have recently posted the BGP Route Aggregation eBook that discusses the benefits of route aggregation and explains the various optional parameters associated with the aggregate-address command. In short, route-aggregation is the process of grouping a large address...
In most cases, when you have multiple connections to multiple ISPs, you want to use both links side-by-side, with each handling a certain fraction of the traffic to/from the internet. As discussed before, the Noction Intelligent Routing Platform (IRP) can automate the...
Before we look at BGP path hunting, let’s first discuss the RIP count to infinity problem. RIP, the Routing Information Protocol, is pretty much the simplest bgp table imaginable. RIP simply broadcasts the contents of the local routing table over UDP every 30...
