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BGP
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ALSO CALLED: Border Gateway Protocol and Gateway Protocols
DEFINITION: BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is a protocol for exchanging routing information between gateway hosts (each with its own router) in a network of autonomous systems. BGP is often the protocol used between gateway hosts on the Internet.
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Enabling Carrier-class Communications with EX Switches
| sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper explains why a high-performance, highly available and secure network is essential for supporting a wide array of traffic types and a diverse user community.
Posted: 21 Oct 2008 | Published: 21 Oct 2008
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FutureSoft BGP4
| sponsored by Future Software Ltd.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:FutureSoft BGP4 (Border Gateway Protocol) software is a portable implementation of the BGP Version-4 related RFCs. Posted: 27 Sep 2004 | Published: 01 Sep 2004
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FASTPATH® BGP-4 Software Module
| sponsored by LVL7 Systems, Inc.
DATA SHEET:
LVL7's FASTPATH® BGP-4 implementation, an optional extension to the FASTPATH Routing module, provides networking equipment vendors with the ability to enable routing between Autonomous Systems (ASs).
Posted: 02 May 2004 | Published: 01 Mar 2004
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BGP DEFINITION (continued):
The routing table contains a list of known routers, the addresses they can reach, and a cost metric associated with the path to each router so that the best available route is chosen. Hosts using BGP communicate using the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and send updated router table information only when one host has detected a change. Only the affected part of the routing table is sent. BGP-4, the latest version, lets adminstrators configure cost metrics based
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