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Representing AS Numbers in hex is non-standard and just leads to confuse readers of the article. It would be helpful if the article followed the format defined in RFC 5396.
66.239.79.6 (
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22:30, 28 April 2009 (UTC)reply
Is there a missing word in this section or a better way to word this section: "Numbers of the form 0.y are exactly the old 16-bit AS numbers, 1.y numbers and 65535.65535 are reserved, and the remainder of the space is available ..."? --
Javamen (
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14:20, 6 May 2013 (UTC)reply
Easy, that is refering to the "AS_PATH", when you have a direct peering at an IXP, you won't see the IXPs ASN and if both parties are using the public
Route server the configuration might omit/remove the ASN in between, depending on the configuration, for e.g.
SwissIX or others. On Cisco routers this command is achived with: "no bgp enforce-first-as" (IOS-XE) or "bgp enforce-first-as disable" (IOS-XR).
If you don't understand it, than you don't need to worry about it, it's transparent because it works. Some IXPs (Internet Exchange Point) also use private ASN for that purpose and these are also omited from the AS-PATH. --
huggi - never stop exploring (
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08:49, 21 November 2015 (UTC)reply
We should use a layman's definition first, then expand into nerd-speak
I suggest something like this for the human/layman def:
An autonomous system is a network that runs with little to no human intervention—able to configure, monitor, and maintain itself independently.
This is the current definition:
An autonomous system (AS) is a collection of connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes under the control of one or more network operators on behalf of a single administrative entity or domain that presents a common, clearly defined routing policy to the internet.[1]
I would propose smth like AS is what Internet consists of (or even what Internet IS, "net" in internet stands for AS actually) and ASs are controled by RIRs and NRO (IGF in particular). Because there is a very little info abot that in Internet itself (sic!).
2A00:1370:812C:5D73:4493:5501:BB24:D2E6 (
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22:24, 20 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Is it me or this sentence is unclear AF?
I'm not a native English speaker, so apoligies if it's just me, but I'm having a hard time making sense of this sentence:
The newer definition in RFC 1930 came into use because multiple organizations can run Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) using private AS numbers to an ISP that connects all those organizations to the Internet.
Do organizations run BGP to an ISP?
Or do they use private AS numbers to an ISP?
I can't make any sense of either option.
I feel like something is missing between "to" and "an ISP".