MBGP

[jemekeren]

hi there. how bgp different from mbgp from architecture(frame format, advertised routing update) point of view? what has been made at the protocol regarding to purpose? i see term is new in mbgp such address family, vpn4. is there nice article/doc that explain this in details? tx :)

[Harold Ritter]

Jimmy,

The best way to start learning about MBGP is to read RFC2283, which defines the modifications required for BGP to support multiple protocols.

Multiprotocol Extensions BGP4:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2283.txt?number=2283

Hope this helps,