The current version, BGP-4, was released in 1995 and is defined in RFC 1771. FortiSwitch units support iBGP, and eBGP only for communities.īGP was first used in 1989.
eBGP is used to connect many different networks together and is the main routing protocol for the Internet backbone. iBGP is intended for use within your own networks. NOTE: You must have an advanced features license to use BGP routing.īorder Gateway Protocol (BGP) contains two distinct subsets: internal BGP (iBGP) and external BGP (eBGP). BGP routing | FortiSwitch 6.4.3 | Fortinet Document Library
