BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
Protocol)
• EGP:
• Among different autonomous systems
• Independent administrative entities
• Communication between independent network infrastructures
• Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP) is a protocol for exchanging routing information between two neighbor gateway hosts (each with its own router) in a network of autonomous systems.
• EGP is commonly used between hosts on the Internet to exchange routing table information.
• Examples of an EGP:
• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Exterior Gateway Protocol (Replaced by BGP)