What is Border Gateway Protocol? A Deep Dive into BGP

Border Gateway Protocol connects the entire internet -- but it’s not as simple as it sounds. BGP is a complicated protocol to understand and is vital for communication between networks. Learn how BGP works, BGP configuration basics, and how it compares with other routing protocols.

Watch to learn more about alternative routing protocols, how to configure BGP, how to manipulate BGP attributes, and more.

Skip ahead:
1:38 History of BGP
8:45 What is BGP?
11:10 Where is BGP typically used?
16:23 How does BGP compare with other routing protocols
30:00 What’s the deal with iBGP versus eBGP?
41:24 What are address families and how to configure them?
44:28 How to configure the basics
44:32 BGP neighbors
55:56 Injecting routes
1:05:05 What are BGP attributes and how are they used?
1:22:18 How to we manipulate the attributes and why?
1:29:01 How do I know that BGP is working correctly?

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[SMSMSM]

Well done video with high level info. I love the detailed explanations and the emphasis on BGP being more about scalability and not speed.

[farukm]

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[skra]

This was very informative. I would have liked to see a few slides on BGP from a company perspective, internet redundancy through two differnt ISPs. Best practices and common requirements imposed by the ISP.

[andunazareth]

Great video and excellent explanation.

[nwaiwumunachimso]

Hello, thanks for this. Is it possible to get a copy of the slides?

[zyxwvutsrqponmlkh]

55:32 Perhaps a bit of a slide error. I am on IOS-XR, on the fifth line "address0family ipv4" line it is requiring address family modifiers, I presume for the base configuration that should be unicast (like what is set below).
I am still not able to ping anything other than my neighbor.

[theophilusarku-dadzie]

Great video, is it possible to get a copy of the slides.

[sdbdub]

I thought I talked fast!! Drink less coffee...you could have shaved about 15 minutes by not repeating yourself. This was first noticed around 23:00. Great video otherwise.!

[thomasbrandstatter]

the information density is very low! Talk less, tell more ! Unwatchable video