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What are IP transit and BGP?
Routes to the internet via your own Autonomous System Number.
IP transit is an internet connection in which you control the exchange of routes yourself. BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is the protocol networks use to announce their address ranges to each other.
Terms
| ASN | Autonomous System Number. Identifier of your own network on the internet. |
|---|---|
| Prefix | Address range, e.g. an IPv4 /24 network that you announce. |
| Session | BGP connection between two routers that exchange routes. |
| Upstream | The provider through which you send traffic onto the internet. |
PawHost has run its own routing with its own ASN and internet connection via BGP since 2024.