What is Interior gateway protocol?
An '''Interior gateway protocol''' is a routing [[Communication protocol|protocol]] that is used within the routers of one [[Autonomous system (Internet)|autonomous system]]. An autonomous system might be one organisation, with its clients. Interior gateway protocols are able to handle more complex [[Network topology|network topologies]], compared to [[Exterior gateway protocol|exterior gateway protocols]]. Exterior gateway protocols are used to route packets between two autonomous systems. [[Category:Computer networking]]