A route server is a

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that was originally developed by the Routing Arbiter project, with funding from the

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. This routing process directs information among

Border Gateway Protocol Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standardized exterior gateway protocol designed to exchange routing and reachability information among autonomous systems (AS) on the Internet. BGP is classified as a path-vector routing protocol, and it makes ...

(BGP) routers. These servers are placed at Network access points (NAPs), where centralized computers organize and match routing data. Route servers are important because they help manage BGP sessions. BGP sessions have difficulties with overhead when managing sessions where routers with single and multiple domains are connected (''also known as full mesh routing

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)''. Route servers reduce overhead by referencing the IP routing table of an autonomous system where the server is located.

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* * * * {{Cite web , url = https://www.ams-ix.net/ams/documentation/ams-ix-route-servers , publisher = AMS-IX , title = AMS-IX Route Servers Internet governance Internet Standards

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