March 2000
Intermediate to advanced
720 pages
20h 10m
English
Exterior routing protocols (ERPs) are used primarily in Internet backbone networks that connect internetworks. ERPs send information the same way RIP does: as a vector (the AS number) and as a distance (the destination network information). A simple way of looking at ERPs is as a means for distributing static routes between internetworks.
Routing between autonomous systems or exterior routing is strictly an Internet convention. What was once a practice undertaken by a chosen few is now (with more and more networks connecting to the Internet) becoming a commonplace activity. ERPs were created to provide a more efficient way to build and manage Internet backbone routing ...
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