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BGP Path Attributes Explained: Well-Known vs Optional
BGP

BGP Path Attributes Explained: Well-Known vs Optional

BGP path attributes are the foundation of every traffic engineering technique: local preference, MED, AS-path prepending, communities. Understand the well-known vs optional attribute matrix before touching policy.
What Is BGP? The Protocol That Runs the Internet
BGP

What Is BGP? The Protocol That Runs the Internet

Every time you load a webpage, your traffic crosses networks owned by different organizations. BGP, the Border Gateway Protocol, is what stitches 75,000+ autonomous systems into a single working internet. Here is how, and why.
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