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My days when I had something to do with internet protocols were years ago and my knowledge is outdated and was never very deep anyway. So maybe this is just gibberish.
The internet protocols are standardized in RFC's (Request for Comment), in which you will find the appropriate standards down to bit-level. They are dry to read and sometimes they are not coded/implemented completely/correctly in appropriate equipment.
When checking BGP in Wikipedia, they mention RFC4271, which seem already be outdated:
What is strange: according to Wiki it is used in very large IP networks or between Internet service providers. I would not expect that someone, who gets a service from a provider will not use BGP in his equipment but his provider uses it in their equipment. But without knowledge of your network structure and connections I cannot be sure. When you do not operate appropriate equipment yourself (or have access to it) you may not be able to debug this. You could check the specifications and descriptions you have got for your equipment (router, switch, ...) to see if there is something you could find there.
If possible to connect a PC to the appropriate "place" in the network: There is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows, which is called Wireshark (_https://www.wireshark.org/). It is freeware. With it you can check what is going on on protocol level. You can make traces with it and check if there is something strange.
Good luck, Scottie.
The internet protocols are standardized in RFC's (Request for Comment), in which you will find the appropriate standards down to bit-level. They are dry to read and sometimes they are not coded/implemented completely/correctly in appropriate equipment.
When checking BGP in Wikipedia, they mention RFC4271, which seem already be outdated:
What is strange: according to Wiki it is used in very large IP networks or between Internet service providers. I would not expect that someone, who gets a service from a provider will not use BGP in his equipment but his provider uses it in their equipment. But without knowledge of your network structure and connections I cannot be sure. When you do not operate appropriate equipment yourself (or have access to it) you may not be able to debug this. You could check the specifications and descriptions you have got for your equipment (router, switch, ...) to see if there is something you could find there.
If possible to connect a PC to the appropriate "place" in the network: There is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows, which is called Wireshark (_https://www.wireshark.org/). It is freeware. With it you can check what is going on on protocol level. You can make traces with it and check if there is something strange.
Good luck, Scottie.
