Patent ID: 8856357

Claim:
A method for establishing routes to neighboring networks during an initialization sequence according to a prioritized order, the method comprising: detecting power being applied to a processing function and a memory device of a router in a point-of-presence (POP) server farm of a content distribution network; accessing a plurality of identifiers stored in the memory device, wherein: each of the plurality of identifiers was stored in the memory device prior to the power being applied; each of the plurality of identifiers is associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of neighboring networks; and the plurality of neighboring networks comprises: one or more Tier 1 networks that deliver packets to network endpoints outside of the POP; and one or more peer networks for which at least some of the network endpoints are inaccessible within the one or more peer networks; and establishing communications with each of the plurality of neighboring networks using the processing function, wherein: communications are established according to the prioritized order; and communications are established with at least one of the one or more Tier 1 networks before communications are established with any of the one or more peer networks.