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What does BGP split Horizon define?

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Question added by Sunny Suresh Naik , Senior Network Engineer , United Telecoms Limited
Date Posted: 2016/01/07
Krishnanand polothil
by Krishnanand polothil , solutions architect , Akamai

Split horizon is a method of preventing a routing loop in a network. The basic principle is simple: Information about the routing for a particular packet is never sent back in the direction from which it was received.

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