Chapter 8. Configuring Border Gateway Protocol

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGP-4)

  • Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)

  • BGP speakers

  • BGP peers or neighbors

  • Open message

  • Notification message

  • Update message

  • Keepalive message

  • Autonomous system number (ASN)

  • Path vector protocol

  • Interior Border Gateway Protocol (IBGP)

  • Transit AS

  • Multihomed AS

  • Attributes

  • Synchronization

  • Black hole

  • Peer group

  • Community

Techniques you'll need to master:

  • Understanding the process for connecting to other autonomous systems

  • Knowing the basics behind BGP routing policy functions

  • Understanding how BGP synchronization works

  • Understanding BGP peering functions with peer groups and communities

  • Configuring and verifying BGP

As you have learned so far, routing involves ...

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