Site Features
Version Number: 89b9941-dev
Compiled on: 2019-08-11-1921 UTC
bgp.tools is different to the other sites, to understand how we compare to others
| Feature | Bgp.Tools | bgp.he.net | bgpview.io |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewing of ASN info | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Peering DB merge | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ASN Website Screenshot | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
| RPKI Validation | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ |
| IRR Validation | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
| Reverse DNS for IPv4 prefixes | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
| Reverse DNS for IPv6 prefixes | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| IX Port speeds shown | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| IX Reachability tests | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Distinction between Physical and Virtual IXPs | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Mobile Friendly UI | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| ASN Upstreams/Downstreams clearly shown | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Friendly ASN propergation graphs | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Edit pages | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Cogent/HE Partition Detection | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Detect and remove peers with stuck routes | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| IPv4 Hilbert curve previews | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Per prefix route propagation view | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Network type tags | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Handles AMPRNet prefixes correctly | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Whois server for CLI lookups | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
Data Freshness
When debugging isuses, data freshness is critical, not all data sets can be gathered instantly, so here is a list of how long it takes us to fetch infomation from various sources
| Source | Last Updated |
|---|---|
| Full Routing Data | 1 Hours ago |
| RIPE RIS Routing Data | 4 Hours ago |
| Routeviews.org Routing Data | 1 Hours ago |
| Edits awaiting Moderation | 2 |
| Website Screenshots | Best Effort: 7 Days |
| RIPE+APNIC ASN and Prefix Whois | 24 hours |
| All other Whois | Best Effort: 2 Months (Often Faster) |
| Automatic Network Tagging | Every 24 hours |
| IPv4 Ping Scans | Every 30 days |
| Internet Exchange Point testing | Every 24 hours |
| PeeringDB Import | Every 7 days |
| IPv6 RDNS Scans | Every 30 days |
| IPv4 RDNS Scans | Every 60 days |