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| − | An ''Autonomous System'' is a collection of routers that deal with the same traffic and belong to the same organization. They are organized to make setting up routing tables for a group of computers easier, and provide a nice level of abstraction for routing services such as [[Border Gateway Protocol]]. AS's are assigned an Autonomous System Number from the [[ | + | An ''Autonomous System'' is a collection of routers that deal with the same traffic and belong to the same organization. They are organized to make setting up routing tables for a group of computers easier, and provide a nice level of abstraction for routing services such as [[Border Gateway Protocol]]. AS's are assigned an Autonomous System Number from the [[http://www.icann.org/ | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]]. |
Revision as of 23:40, 10 December 2011
An Autonomous System is a collection of routers that deal with the same traffic and belong to the same organization. They are organized to make setting up routing tables for a group of computers easier, and provide a nice level of abstraction for routing services such as Border Gateway Protocol. AS's are assigned an Autonomous System Number from the [| Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers].
