FULL-routes vs partial-routes on BGP

FULL-routes vs partial-routes on BGP

BGP, Layer 3, routing table
In the previous articles, we already talk about setting up a BGP session between routers in the form of peering. When a BGP session established, the routers will start to exchange their routing prefix, put them into the main routing table, apply BGP best-path algorithm, and the router will have optimized routes that will be used for FIB (Forwarding Information Base).  FULL-routes vs partial-routes on BGP. A question arises, are those routes full or partial? What's the difference between them? Which one should I pick? Ok here it is: FULL-routes a FULL-routes is a whole prefix in the (BGP) world, meaning a collection of all prefix/routes of any AS in the world. in 2018, there are 700 thousand routing entries in FULL-routes, and it keeps growing. It will stop growing…
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January 2018, MUM Manila, Philipines, GLC Networks Presentation : BGP vs OSPF

January 2018, MUM Manila, Philipines, GLC Networks Presentation : BGP vs OSPF

BGP, BGP session, internet, ISP, Layer 3, Layer 4, Layer 5, load balancing, Router
This is a presentation from GLCNetworks at Mikrotik User Meeting, Manila, 15 january 2018. We talked about the essential differences from BGP and OSPF routing protocol, which is important for those who plan to operate both. MUM agenda is available here: https://mum.mikrotik.com/2018/PH/info/EN This topic is part of GLC Networks training. For more information, please contact us here or stay tuned with our schedule. Recording is available here: Presentation slide can be accessed here: Mikrotik User Meeting Manila: bgp vs ospf from Achmad Mardiansyah    
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