Understanding Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) 01/04/2023 – Posted in: Technology

Time needed to read: 3-4 minutes. Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is a network protocol used to detect faults in a communication link between two routers. BFD is designed to provide a fast and reliable method of detecting failures in the network and to provide an accurate and precise failover mechanism. BFD works by using a series of messages that are exchanged between two routers to detect faults in the communication link. These messages are sent…

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