{"id":33604,"date":"2026-05-27T17:06:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/?p=33604"},"modified":"2026-05-27T17:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:36:33","slug":"noisy-bgp-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/en\/noisy-bgp-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Annoying Noisy BGP Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/en\/author\/alejandro-acosta\/\">Alejandro Acosta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/en\/author\/elisa-peirano\/\">Elisa Peirano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is essential for routing across the entire Internet ecosystem, so its stability is crucial for ensuring the efficient and reliable exchange of traffic and route information. However, certain anomalous behaviors, such as the excessive generation of update messages\u2014known as excessive <strong>update rate<\/strong>\u2014can lead to instability, unnecessary resource consumption, and negatively impact overall <a href=\"http:\/\/red.en\">network<\/a> convergence. This document describes the characteristics, causes, and solutions associated with noisy BGP routers, and concludes with a final reflection on the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>What is a Noisy BGP Speaker?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A noisy BGP speaker is a router that excessively broadcasts BGP updates due to instability, misconfiguration, or software failures. This behavior causes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Route flapping: routes that constantly switch between being available and unavailable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High CPU load: router processors become overloaded by handling the large number of UPDATE messages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slow convergence: the time it takes for the BGP table to stabilize increases considerably.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bandwidth consumption: BGP update messages are quite small, but when they occur frequently, they can saturate the peering interface.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instability: high churn can lead to longer convergence cycles, temporary route losses, and, in extreme cases, BGP session disconnects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>When Is a Router Considered a Noisy BGP Speaker?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A BGP router is considered a \u2018noisy BGP speaker\u2019 when it generates an excessive and unnecessary volume of update messages (BGP updates), causing instability or \u2018churn\u2019 in the network. The clearest sign of a noisy router occurs when a router repeatedly advertises and withdraws one or more network prefixes at short intervals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Causes of Noisy BGP Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Application bugs: software failures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incorrect configurations (missing update-source configuration entries have been reported) that generate update storms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equipment issues: faulty hardware, power outages, or DoS attacks can destabilize BGP sessions (which in turn causes many BGP update messages).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Some Solutions for Noisy BGP Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Route filtering: eliminates unnecessary or unwanted updates from neighbors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proper configuration: use *update-source* for peering over loopback interfaces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identifying and correcting errors: detect and resolve hardware and software bugs that cause excessive updates, typically through vendor-issued patches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configuring a limit on prefixes received by the peer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BGP dampening: although it reduces flapping through penalties, BGP dampening is no longer recommended as a standard implementation as it can cause excessive delays in global convergence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjusting timers: modifying BGP timers (MRAI, keepalive) allows managing the update frequency more effectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data Source and Applying the Identification Formula<strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data was used from RIPE NCC collectors identified as RRC24 (Montevideo, Uruguay) and RRC15 (S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil), considering all updates corresponding to the month of March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the number of updates and the number of prefixes advertised by each ASN, an instability factor (or \u2018churn rate\u2019) was calculated to accurately measure the noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig1-noisy-bgp-speaker-en-1024x104.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig1-noisy-bgp-speaker-en-1024x104.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig1-noisy-bgp-speaker-en-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig1-noisy-bgp-speaker-en-680x69.png 680w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig1-noisy-bgp-speaker-en-768x78.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig1-noisy-bgp-speaker-en-1536x156.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig1-noisy-bgp-speaker-en-2048x209.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data processing<strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data was processed using Python 3 and libraries such as mrtparser, pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib, which allowed us to consolidate and categorize more than 2.222 billion BGP messages over a 48-hour period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Stability Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Unique ASNs detected<\/strong><\/td><td>86,398<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total number of unique prefixes<\/strong><\/td><td>1,436,539<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total number of BGP messages<\/strong><\/td><td>2,222,981,835<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Mean (ASNs &#8211; Noise Rate)<\/strong><\/td><td>1,547.45<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Median (ASNs &#8211; Noise Rate)<\/strong><\/td><td>234.18<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(The mean is 6 times greater than the median)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY BGP BEHAVIOR AND ACTIVITY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It should be noted that the concept of \u2018noisy BGP speaker\u2019 is not defined in any manual or technical document (although there are certainly several descriptions), so we had to come up with our own definition. Statistics came to our rescue, and we developed the following scale to identify different levels of \u2018noisiness\u2019 based on the noise rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>CATEGORY<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>ASNs<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stable (&lt; median)<\/td><td>43,199<\/td><td>50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Restless (median to mean)<\/td><td>41,650<\/td><td>48.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Noisy (mean to 100x median)<\/td><td>1,530<\/td><td>1.77<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Critical (&gt; 100x median)<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>0.02<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note on the methodology: For the geographic and volumetric distribution analyses presented in the following sections of this document, the terms \u2018BGP noise\u2019 and \u2018noisy ASNs\u2019 are used generically to refer to the entire population that deviates from the baseline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The table above can be interpreted as follows: all ASNs with a noise rate below the median are stable. ASNs with a noise rate between the median and the mean are considered restless. A noisy ASN is defined as having a noise rate between the mean and 100 times the median, and a critical ASN has a noise rate greater than 100 times the median.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Results of the Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As mentioned earlier, 86,398 ASNs from the RRC24 and RRC15 collectors were analyzed. These ASNs were distributed across regions as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig2-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig2-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig2-noisy-bgp-speaker-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig2-noisy-bgp-speaker-494x330.png 494w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig2-noisy-bgp-speaker-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig2-noisy-bgp-speaker.png 1398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig3-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x685.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig3-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig3-noisy-bgp-speaker-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig3-noisy-bgp-speaker-493x330.png 493w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig3-noisy-bgp-speaker-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig3-noisy-bgp-speaker.png 1256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig4-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x685.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig4-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig4-noisy-bgp-speaker-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig4-noisy-bgp-speaker-493x330.png 493w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig4-noisy-bgp-speaker-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig4-noisy-bgp-speaker.png 1324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can be observed that some ASNs appear in the NRO delegated file with a \u201cReserved\u201d or \u201cAvailable\u201d status. Some are in the custody of the five RIRs, while others remain in the custody of the IANA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the images below, it can be observed that Brazil and Colombia, from the LACNIC region, appear among the top 15 countries with the highest number of noisy ASNs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig5-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig5-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig5-noisy-bgp-speaker-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig5-noisy-bgp-speaker-592x330.png 592w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig5-noisy-bgp-speaker-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig5-noisy-bgp-speaker.png 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig6-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig6-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig6-noisy-bgp-speaker-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig6-noisy-bgp-speaker-592x330.png 592w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig6-noisy-bgp-speaker-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig6-noisy-bgp-speaker.png 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we consider only the countries in the LACNIC region, the ranking of the 20 countries with the noisiest ASNs is dominated by Brazil, which accounts for most of the entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig7-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig7-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig7-noisy-bgp-speaker-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig7-noisy-bgp-speaker-593x330.png 593w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig7-noisy-bgp-speaker-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig7-noisy-bgp-speaker.png 1358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>IPv4 vs IPv6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To explore this in greater detail, we analyzed the ASNs generating the most noise in IPv4 and IPv6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comparison of IPv4 vs. IPv6 Statistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>IPv4<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>IPv6<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total number of prefixes<\/td><td>1,146,937<\/td><td>289,602<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total number of updates<\/td><td>159,964,848<\/td><td>693,016,987<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mean<\/td><td>1,333.96<\/td><td>2,393<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Median<\/td><td>206.25<\/td><td>357<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stable ASNs<\/td><td>50%<\/td><td>49.97%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Restless ASNs<\/td><td>48.68%<\/td><td>45.69%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Noisy ASNs<\/td><td>1.32%<\/td><td>4.22%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Critical ASNs<\/td><td>0.00%<\/td><td>0.12%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the table above, the percentage of noisy and critical ASNs is higher in IPv6 than in IPv4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When considering all the ASNs included in the study, the top 15 noisiest ASNs in IPv4 are primarily associated with ASNs outside the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig8-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig8-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig8-noisy-bgp-speaker-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig8-noisy-bgp-speaker-593x330.png 593w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig8-noisy-bgp-speaker-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig8-noisy-bgp-speaker.png 1426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the IPv6 ranking is composed largely of ASNs in countries that are part of the LACNIC region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig9-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig9-noisy-bgp-speaker-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig9-noisy-bgp-speaker-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig9-noisy-bgp-speaker-593x330.png 593w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig9-noisy-bgp-speaker-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fig9-noisy-bgp-speaker.png 1390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusions<strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BGP noise is a real problem, but it is highly concentrated among a very small number of participants: just 0.02% of speakers generate most of the instability. The marked difference between the mean and the median confirms that the network is stable for the most part but is distorted by a few critical outliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know that addressing this phenomenon is not easy; it requires constant monitoring and rigorously managing the root causes, such as software bugs and configuration errors. In fact, a handful of noisy speakers are responsible for the vast majority of the 2.222 billion BGP messages detected in this analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you closely monitor the BGP Update messages your routers receive and send?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/rfc\/rfc4271.html\">https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/rfc\/rfc4271.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The annoying Noisy BGP Speakers\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9j1Nb7MN5ew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alejandro Acosta and Elisa Peirano Introduction The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is essential for routing across the entire Internet ecosystem, so its stability is crucial for ensuring the efficient and reliable exchange of traffic and route information. 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