
Exterior Gateway Protocols (BGP and EGP)
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Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an exterior gateway protocol used by
border routers to exchange network reachability information with other BGP
systems. BGP routers form peer relationships with other BGP routers in other
autonomous systems or within the same autonomous system. BGP peers transmit
and receive current routing information over a reliable transport layer connection,
making periodic updates unnecessary. BGP is designed for inter-AS exchanges,
but can be used between multiple routing domains (for example, RIP to OSPF).
BGP peers exchange complete routing information only after the peer connection
is established. Thereafter, BGP peers exchange routing updates. An update
includes a network number, a list of autonomous systems that the routing
information passed through (the AS path), and other path attributes that describe
the route to a set of destination networks. When multiple paths are available, BGP
compares the path attributes to choose the preferred path.
BGP exchanges information between ASs as well as between routers in the same
AS. To differentiate between these uses, the latter is called interior BGP (IBGP).
Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)
You use the Exterior Gateway Protocol to exchange network reachability
information between routers in different autonomous systems. An interior
gateway protocol (IGP), such as RIP or OSPF, is used within an AS to facilitate
the communication of routing information within an autonomous system. The
routers that serve as the end points of a connection between two autonomous
systems also run an exterior gateway protocol, such as EGP-2.
Routers establish EGP neighbor relationships to periodically exchange reliable
network reachability information. EGP neighbors exchange complete reachability
information, not just updates. The router uses this information to maintain a list of
gateways, the networks the gateways can reach, and the corresponding distances.
Chapter 8, “
Customizing EGP Services,” describes the use of EGP.
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