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Problem Set 2

This assignment has a research question and five problems. You should submit ONE PDF file containing your report as well as your solutions for all five problems.

Research Question: In this exercise, you will explore a few aspects of BGP. SFU (AS11105) is connected to the Internet through BCnet (AS271). Using the information on the website https://bgpview.io/, prepare a report that contains the following:

  • The AS Graph of BCnet
  • How many peers does BCnet have? What is meant by a "peer" in the context of BGP? How many peers of BCnet support IPv6?
  • How many prefixes does SFU have? What is meant by a "prefix" in the context of BGP and routing in general?
  • What is the largest network (in terms of the possible number of hosts it can have) that SFU announces to the world? Write the number of possible hosts and the prefix of this network (in the form: x.x.x.x/y).
  • Does SFU have any IPv6 prefixes?

The following problems are from Chapters 4 and 5 of the textbook [Kurose and Ross, 7th edition]. For quick access, a screenshot of these problems can be found here.

  • Problem 4.11
  • Problem 4.19
  • Problem 4.21
  • Problem 5.14
  • Problem 5.15
  • Problem 5.16
Updated Tue Jan. 09 2024, 08:45 by mhefeeda.