Just about every router on the market (even the GRF) that is BGP capable has some sort of BGP monitoring tool, though some have better tools than others (I'm quite fond of the cisco bgp setup). Good luck with your BGP studies. It's a complex protocol that works like no other, but it's not that bad. American Research Group offers a 2 day class on BGP that they couple with a 2 day OSPF class that I rate very highly. Also, once you start using BGP, http://nitrous.digex.net has some great routing mirrors to show you if your routes are making it out into the world. Regards, Joe Shaw - jshaw@insync.net NetAdmin - Insync Internet Services Fortune for today: "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on." -- Dean Martin On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Jim Bachesta wrote:
I'm a network engineer coming up to speed on BGP. I'm currently not running BGP on my router. Are there any tools that will allow me to monitor BGP passively? Any pointers is appreciated.
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