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interior gateway protocol

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interior gateway protocol

See IGP.

Interior Gateway Protocol - (IGP) An Internet protocol which distributes routing information to the routers within an autonomous system. The term "gateway" is historical, "router" is currently the preferred term.

See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Open Shortest Path First, Routing Information Protocol.


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Routing within an AS is handled by an Interior Gateway Protocol (an IGP such as OSPF or IS-IS, or in many cases, especially backbones, Interior BGP, or IBGP), but this routing information is not visible outside the AS.
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IS-IS is an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) designed to distribute routing information throughout a single Autonomous System (AS).
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