Introduction

Considered the main protocol of the internet, BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is a path-vector routing protocol used by ISPs, enterprise customers, and other autonomous systems (that is, computer networks) rather than individual routers. BGP enables these systems to determine not only which other autonomous systems they can communicate with but also how to communicate.

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 The method that BGP uses to pick paths does not rely on hop counts, bandwidths, or other criteria used by a traditional IGP. Instead, BGP is based heavily on policies designed to meet the needs of an autonomous system.

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The BGP Routers page can be accessed through Cloud Services Portal > Manage > Routing > BGP Routers and displays the following information for each BGP router you have created:

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