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Recursive Lookup in BGP
The aim of this article is to discuss the importance of Recursive Lookup in BGP. First of all we need to understand the purpose...
A fresh look at BGP’s NEXT_HOP
Once a BGP session is established, routers will exchange two types of messages: KEEPALIVE and UPDATE. Keepalive messages are sent to let a neighboring...
BGP and OSPF. How do they interact.
In some ways, BGP is nice and simple. For instance, there's only one BGP: BGP version 4. Many network professionals have been asking the...
Route Reflectors – an alternative to full-mesh iBGP configuration
The typical fully-meshed iBGP configuration of routers can become very difficult to manage in large networks. Because of the increasing numbers of iBGP sessions...
How does BGP select the best routing path
BGP is a protocol which performs routing information exchange among routers to determine the optimal paths for the traffic flow. A BGP router forms...