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Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

Overview Routing involves two basic activities: determination of optimal routing paths and the transport of information groups (typically called packets) through an internet work. The transport of packets through an internet work is relatively straightforward. Path determination, on the other hand, can be very complex. One protocol that addresses the task of path determination in today's networks is the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). This article summarizes the basic operations of BGP and provides a description of its protocol components.

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Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	HTML & PDF
Date Published	July 2002	Downloads	27
Format	White Papers
Topics	Switching, Industry Standard Protocols

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