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What BGP 4?
BGP-4 is an extension of BGP-3 (BGP version 3), and it is a major feature that it supports CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing). Compared to other routing protocols, BGP-4 has the following features. Using TCP. In order to have reliability, the route information is exchanged using TCP connection.
What is BGP and how is it used?
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standardized exterior gateway protocol designed to exchange routing and reachability information among autonomous systems (AS) on the Internet. BGP used for routing within an autonomous system is called Interior Border Gateway Protocol, Internal BGP (iBGP).
What is exterior BGP?
External Border Gateway Protocol (EBGP) is a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) extension that is used for communication between distinct autonomous systems (AS). EBGP enables network connections between autonomous systems and autonomous systems implemented with BGP.
How do I configure BGP?
To configure the device as a node in a BGP network:
- Configure network interfaces.
- Configure point-to-point peering sessions.
- Configure IBGP sessions between peers.
- Configure BGP session attributes such as the autonomous systems for the BGP peers.
- Configure a routing policy to advertise the BGP routes.
Who needs BGP?
BGP should be preferred over static routes only when an advantage in traffic control can be realized. Consider the incoming and outgoing traffic separately. If it is only important to control your incoming traffic, use BGP to advertise routes to your provider while still advertising only a default route into your AS.
What port does BGP use?
port 179
BGP peers are established by manual configuration between routing devices to create a TCP session on port 179. A BGP-enabled device periodically sends keepalive messages to maintain the connection.
How do you establish a BGP?
To configure the BGP peer sessions:
- Configure the interfaces to Peers A, B, C, and D.
- Set the autonomous system (AS) number.
- Create the BGP group, and add the external neighbor addresses.
- Specify the autonomous system (AS) number of the external AS.
- Add Peer D, and set the AS number at the individual neighbor level.
What is BGP (BGP-4)?
Routing Protocols (such as BGP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, etc…) are designed to help routers advertise adjacent networks and since the internet is a network of networks, BGP helps to propagate these networks to all BGP Routers across the world. BGP is defined by IETF in RFC 4271 and we are currently on version 4 (BGP4 or BGP-4) since 2006.
What are the characteristics of Border Gateway Protocol BGP?
Characteristics of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) 1 Supports Next-hop Paradigm. 2 Coordination Among Multiple BGP Speakers Within an Autonomous System. 3 Path Information. 4 Policy Support. 5 Runs Over TCP. 6 BGP Conserves Network Bandwidth. 7 BGP Supports CIDR. 8 BGP Also Supports Security.
Why is BGP compatible with the Internet?
Because BGP runs over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), it is compatible with the rest of the internet, which uses TCP for communications. TCP makes sure data packets get sent and delivered across networks.
What is the difference between OSPF and BGP?
BGP is the path-vector protocol that provides routing information for autonomous systems on the Internet via its AS-Path attribute. BGP is a Layer 4 protocol that sits on top of TCP. It is much simpler than OSPF, because it doesn’t have to worry about the things TCP will handle.