What is edge routing?

Edge routing is a networking technique where routers at the "edge" of a network handle traffic routing. These routers can perform functions like traffic balancing, shaping, or filtering, to maintain network efficiency and security. These functions are particularly important in networks with high data demand like content delivery networks (CDNs), or in edge computing setups where data latency is a crucial factor.

BGP anycast is a networking technique used in cloud services where multiple servers or data centers share the same IP address. When a user sends a request, network routers use BGP to determine the shortest path, routing the user to the nearest or best-performing data center. This strategy enhances performance, reduces latency, and increases the redundancy of cloud services. It's widely used in Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and DNS services.

Why is DNS not enough?

There are several reasons why DNS is not a perfect failover method for highly-available services. 1. DNS changes are not instantaneous. They rely on the TTL (Time to Live) value, which can lead to delays in rerouting traffic during outages and increased latency. 2. DNS does not consider network conditions when re-routing, so it may direct users to an underperforming or overloaded server. 3. DNS caching at various levels (like local machines or ISPs) can cause a prolonged connection to a failed server even after the DNS record has been updated, sometimes leading to a service appearing offline.

How can Telnyx help improve my network performance?

Our Global Edge Router product can help improve your network from a latency and availability perspective. Our edge-PoP network means data is routed at the edge for decreased latency. In the event of an outage, Telnyx provides instantaneous failover across all major cloud providers due to BGP-anycast.

How can I get started with Global Edge Router

Sign up in the Mission Control Portal and navigate to the “Networking” tab to get started. You’ll need to set up a Wireguard® VPN first. Follow the guide here.

Global Edge Router

Name: Global Edge Router
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Improve network performance with edge routing

Latency negatively impacts customer satisfaction and cloud outages cause services to go offline, hurting revenue. To support global scale and fast service delivery, businesses need a network that can handle millions of HTTP requests and traffic.

Edge routing determines the optimal path for data on a network, accounting for distance, network health, and PoP congestion. Correctly-configured edge routing ensures efficient data transmission, reducing latency and improving overall network performance.

Telnyx’s Global Edge Router facilitates fast data delivery to the end user. Our global edge network routes data close to the source, decreasing latency. What’s more, our BGP-anycast solution has instantaneous failover between multiple cloud providers, so services never appear offline.

FEATURES

Edge routing, for global applications

Global Edge Router gives you a complete view of your network to ensure your services are always online.

BGP-anycast
Global Edge Router uses BGP-anycast to ensure instantaneous failover in the event of an unhealthy node, so your services never appear offline.
Smart routing
Global Edge Router uses BGP-anycast to determine the optimal path for data to travel across our network, delivering a low-latency, highly-available service.
Multi-cloud failover
Global Edge Router is the first BGP-anycast solution to work across all major cloud service providers; it keeps your multi-cloud services accessible without manual intervention.
One IP
Configure a single IP address for your multi-region applications to deliver a high performance global solution.
Analytics dashboards
Granular analytics dashboards in Mission Control provide full transparency into site performance so you can be proactive and informed.
Global footprint
Our edge network consists of 25+ points of presence at strategic global hubs, for industry-low latency.

Benefits

True global scale

We’re continuing to spin up edge PoPs at strategic global hubs to support true edge networking that will increase the availability of services across the globe.

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Always-on support

Most providers put phone support behind a paywall. Telnyx support is available around the clock—for every customer—so your questions never have to wait until Monday.

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An edge network refers to infrastructure located close to the sources of data, such as IoT devices or local servers. It processes or stores data at the "edge" of the network, near the data source, rather than sending it back to a centralized cloud-based data center. This approach reduces latency and bandwidth usage and increases privacy and security.

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