BGP Protocol
This page provides information on the BGP Protocol detected by the Netify DPI engine. The protocol operates on TCP port 179, an officially registered port assigned by the IANA.
Protocol Description
The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is used to manage routing across the Internet. Notably, the protocol allows routers to quickly adapt to Internet backbone connection changes.
Please see the protocol catalog page for information on other protocols detected by Netify DPI.
Protocol Details
- ID
- 13
- Full Name
- Border Gateway Protocol
- Abbreviation
- BGP
- Category Tag
- networking
- Category
- Networking
- Home Page
- BGP
- Introduced
- Version 2.88
Protocol Ports - RFC
- TCP 179
- Border Gateway Protocol
Related Protocols
Review the Networking category suite below, or explore the complete protocol catalog.