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# Elastic Compute Access Type

The following configurations are applicable to elastic compute border gateway connection. You can connect to an existing border gateway created before, or create a new one.

[Border Gateway](/welcome/elastic-compute/networking/01-overview-2.md) is a network node that connects your elastic compute resources in the global VPC to the Layer 3 backbone network.

<div align="left"><figure><img src="https://3201622183-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F9X3FDdkCL2HzhbPpPMFt%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e616d45427f1997d466d0ab8d6394c8cec0337c8%2Fimage.png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption><p>Elastic Compute Connection</p></figcaption></figure></div>

Select the border gateway that you want to connect to the Layer 3 cloud router.

If you haven't got your desired border gateway, you can click **Create New Border Gateway** to create a new one. See [**Border Gateway Creation**](/welcome/elastic-compute/get-started/manage-networking/create-a-border-gateway.md) for more details.

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