Large-scale data centers (DCs) connect hundreds of thousands or even more servers, having millions of users. Generally, every DC runs two kinds of applications. Applications serving web pages, generating onward network traffic that leaves the DC. Traffic is sent as a...
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. However, in case of BGP, neighbor adjacency is configured manually, putting a neighbor IP address and ASN...
This article discusses BGP session culling techniques that mitigate a negative impact of maintenance of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) on IP networks. IXP represents a central point used to exchange traffic between ISPs (IXP members). It is one or several...
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) speaking routers are connected via the non BGP-speaking routers. We will also discuss the problems with MTU...
Whether you are an experienced network administrator or you have just started to learn Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Looking Glass (LG) is definitely a topic you should not ignore. What is BGP Looking Glass? Looking Glass (LG) servers are a real-time source of...
