LXer: Tutorial: Border Gateway Protocol, The Routing Protocol of the Internet
 

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As our classic Networking 101 series continues, Charlie Schluting guides us through the Border Gateway Protocol, which is the routing protocol of the Internet. BGP itself isnt too complex, but the concepts behind autonomous-system-based routing can be strange to newcomers. In this article we are given a short overview of how BGP works, along with the problems it solves and causes.

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