A route server is a
computer server
In computing, a server is a piece of computer hardware or software (computer program) that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called " clients". This architecture is called the client–server model. Servers can provide vario ...
that was originally developed by the Routing Arbiter project, with funding from the
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National ...
. 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 mak ...
(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
connectivity
Connectivity may refer to:
Computing and technology
* Connectivity (media), the ability of the social media to accumulate economic capital from the users connections and activities
* Internet connectivity, the means by which individual terminals ...
)''. Route servers reduce overhead by referencing the IP routing table of an
autonomous system Autonomous system may refer to:
* Autonomous system (Internet), a collection of IP networks and routers under the control of one entity
* Autonomous system (mathematics), a system of ordinary differential equations which does not depend on the inde ...
where the server is located.
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Internet governance
Internet Standards