Difference between revisions of "Border Gateway Protocol"

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The Border Gateway Protocol (usually known by its acronym BGP) is a routing protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite; specifically, it is an EGP, used for providing the information needed for doing path selection between Autonomous Systems.

It is a Destination Vector protocol; the data it carries are routing table entries. It detects and prevents routing loops by tagging each table entry with the complete path.

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−	The '''Border Gateway Protocol''' (usually known by its acronym '''BGP''') is a [[routing protocol]] in the [[TCP/IP]] [[protocol suite]]; specifically, it is an [[~~External~~ Gateway Protocol\|EGP]], used for providing the information needed for doing [[path selection]] between [[Autonomous System]]s.	+	The '''Border Gateway Protocol''' (usually known by its acronym '''BGP''') is a [[routing protocol]] in the [[TCP/IP]] [[protocol suite]]; specifically, it is an [[Exterior Gateway Protocol\|EGP]], used for providing the information needed for doing [[path selection]] between [[Autonomous System]]s.

	It is a [[routing architecture\|Destination Vector]] protocol; the data it carries are [[routing table]] entries. It detects and prevents [[routing loop]]s by tagging each table entry with the complete path.		It is a [[routing architecture\|Destination Vector]] protocol; the data it carries are [[routing table]] entries. It detects and prevents [[routing loop]]s by tagging each table entry with the complete path.