Just this last week several customers have ironically all asked me the exact same question. “Can we use an Ethernet switch instead of a router for our Internet EBGP peering to our ISP(s)?” While ...

Network layer routing protocols provide the communication protocols and algorithms for determining routes to every destination and also for distributing the routing information throughout the network.

Routing is the process of determining where to send data packets that are destined for addresses outside the local network. Routers gather and maintain routing information to enable the transmission ...

IP networks were not designed to repair failures in sub-second intervals, but applications such as VoIP increasingly are driving the need for rapid failure detection and correction. Traditional ...

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A complex routing protocol that shares information with other routers in order to determine the best path. IS-IS was the first comprehensive link state protocol, and OSPF and NLSP evolved from it.

Use Zebra to set up a Linux BGP/OSPF router Your email has been sent See how to install, set up, and use Zebra to build a Linux system that can serve as an OSPF and ...

SINGAPORE, Feb. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cross-chain communication infrastructure project, Router Protocol, announces the launch of its mainnet, a few weeks after a successful funding round in ...