Peering Policy

PRIVATE PEERING PHYSICAL CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS

  • NEXET only supports 10G Duplex Ethernet LR (LAN-PHY), 100G Ethernet LR4
  • Link aggregation via LACP is required for all links, including single links
  • No support for high-MTU “jumbo frames”
  • NEXET only supports Single Mode Optical Fiber
  • Direct point-to-point links only, only one device on each side, no support for switches in path to multiple routers or MLAG

BGP AND IP CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS

  • BGP MD5
  • Only publicly routable addresses with valid IRRs should be announced to peering sessions. RFC1918 address space is not supported
  • Most specific prefix accepted /24 (IPv4), /48 (IPv6). Longer prefix announcements will be dropped
  • Only /30 and /31 IPv4 linknet subnet sizes supported
  • No support for MEDs, EBGP multihop, or BFD

TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS

  • Public peering: NEXET generally does not have a minimum traffic requirement for public peering (subject to any specific market conditions)