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Border Gateway Protocol

protocol for communicating routing information on the Internet
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Border Gateway Protocol

Summary

Border Gateway Protocol is an exterior gateway protocol[1]. It draws 1,768 Wikipedia views per month (exterior_gateway_protocol category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Border Gateway Protocol's instance of is recorded as exterior gateway protocol[3].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1267: Border Gateway Protocol 3 (BGP-3)[4].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 2283: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4[5].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1654: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)[6].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 6608: Subcodes for BGP Finite State Machine Error[7].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 7606: Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages[8].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 7607: Codification of AS 0 Processing[9].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 8212: Default External BGP (EBGP) Route Propagation Behavior without Policies[10].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1656: BGP-4 Protocol Document Roadmap and Implementation Experience[11].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 4276: BGP-4 Implementation Report[12].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 4274: BGP-4 Protocol Analysis[13].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 4893: BGP Support for Four-octet AS Number Space[14].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1997: BGP Communities Attribute[15].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 4360: BGP Extended Communities Attribute[16].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 7153: IANA Registries for BGP Extended Communities[17].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 4456: BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)[18].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 2796: BGP Route Reflection - An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP[19].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1966: BGP Route Reflection An alternative to full mesh IBGP[20].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 4760: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4[21].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 2858: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4[22].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 5543: BGP Traffic Engineering Attribute[23].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 6368: Internal BGP as the Provider/Customer Edge Protocol for BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)[24].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1655: Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet[25].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1268: Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet[26].
  • Border Gateway Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1772: Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet[27].

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Definition and Type

Border Gateway Protocol's instance of is recorded as exterior gateway protocol[3].

Why It Matters

Border Gateway Protocol draws 1,768 Wikipedia views per month (exterior_gateway_protocol category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → Exterior Gateway Protocol
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    Instance of → exterior gateway protocol
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