Understanding BGP Hold Timers

At its core, a Hold Timer in BGP refers to the duration a BGP speaker (router) will wait for updates from its peer before considering the connection as possibly down. It’s a timeout mechanism that ensures BGP routers stay synchronized …

Understanding BGP Looking Glass Servers

Amidst this complex network ecosystem, BGP Looking Glass servers stand as invaluable tools offering transparency and insight into the world of routing. They are used to troubleshoot and visualize how networks view routes. BGP Looking Glass servers are essentially web-based …

What is jitter in computer networking?

In a perfect network, data packets would arrive at consistent intervals. Jitter represents the inconsistency or variability in these arrival times. Jitter is usually measured in milliseconds (ms). Tools and network monitoring systems analyze packet arrival times to calculate jitter, …