# Using a BGP Route Server in an Internet Exchange Point

DevFeed: [Using a BGP Route Server in an Internet Exchange Point](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-a-bgp-route-server-in-an-internet-exchange-point-11094.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2024/11/bgp-labs-route-server/>)

Published: 2024-11-06T05:25:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/implementation.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [exercise](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exercise.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [ixps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ixps.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [route](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/route.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how a BGP route server works in an Internet Exchange Point. It describes how the server propagates BGP updates between EBGP sessions without adding its own AS number to the AS path, and points readers to a lab exercise that can run in GitHub Codespaces or a self-managed lab environment.

## Source excerpt

A BGP route server is like a BGP route reflector but for EBGP sessions. In its simplest implementation, it receives BGP updates over EBGP sessions and propagates them over other EBGP sessions without inserting its own AS number in the AS path (more details). BGP route servers are commonly used on Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), and that's what you can practice in the BGP Route Server in an Internet Exchange Point lab exercise. Read more ...