The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is basically how the internet works. It's a highly scalable routing protocol, and its current version is based on RFC 4271. It stores information in a Routing Information Base (RIB).
If your company needs to connect to an internet service provider, it can use one of many possibilities:
- Single homed connection
- Dual homed connection:
You can also connect to multiple service providers using many types of connection:
- Single multi-homed:
- Dual multi-homed:
