BFDIX

BFD-IX has an open peering policy. If you have a public ASN and routable resources (IPv4/IPv6) you are welcome to join BFD-IX.

Send email to [email protected] for any issues.

BFD-IX does not charge for participation for 100Mb port as we believe in providing a low barrier of entry for any holders of public resources to participate in BGP. While we do not charge for participation, we do accept donations to cover the costs associated with running BFD-IX’s infrastructure.

BFD-IX was built upon donations. We are very interested in receiving donations of VPS’ to further extend the reach of our network. If you would be interested in donating resources to BFD-IX, please visit: https://bfd-ix.net/donation/

BFDIX has multiple ways to connect peers.

Local peers have a Delight VPS and have requested a complimentary cross connect to the BFD-IX switch.

Remote peers use a layer2 tunneling protocol to connect to the BFD-IX switch without a physical presence. Supported tunneling protocols are EoIP, GRETAP, VxLAN.

If you are physically located in a datacenter where BFD-IX is present, start by asking crossconnect prices to your datacenter. Afterwards you can contact us to get a LOA so that datacenter can connect you. Even though we strive to get the best prices for you available, the cost of crossconnect falls under your responsibilities.

All peers, local, remote and crossconnect, use BGP to exchange routing information with each other, and optionally, the BFD-IX route server.

Please note that we start passive sessions and that you have to configure your site as active.

The internet exchange switch is a fabric shared by all peers. Peers must avoid doing anything which might overload the fabric, mis-direct traffic, or otherwise cause harm to any other peers. If a peer shows a willful disregard for others, they will be disconnected by the operators.

Additionally, peers are requested to only send traffic to destinations advertised by BGP.

Do not point default routes and do not point static routes to other operators.

Peers are required to maintain their connection to the IXP and allow ICMP PING, additionally operators are required to maintain a peering session to the primary route server. Operators who do not maintain their tunnel, or who block ICMP PING will be automatically de-peered.

While not a rule, we request that peers register themselves with http://peeringdb.com, because visibility there will encourage other networks to join as well, bringing more benefit to all.

Please note that we start passive sessions and that you have to configure your site as active.

All peers will be removed after 21 days of inactivity.

Technically any OS that supports VPN tunneling (current protocols include GRETAP, EoIP, or VXLAN) and BGP or any version of Mikrotik RouterOS can be used. We have officially tested on Debian, Ubuntu, VyOS 1.18 and RouterOS 6

Send us an email if you need help configuring your side

Our IPv6 subnet is: 2001:7f8:da::/48

Our IPv4 subnet is: 185.1.136.0/24

Please send out the peering request to: [email protected] and one of our staff will get in touch.

Please see our Locations list for the closest virtual switch to you.

Yes! We have a public looking glass available at https://lg.bfdix.com which shows all peering sessions the router is configured for.

BFDIX currently operates a Route Server with ASN 49374. No other services is available at this time, however, in future we may turn up some new services.

Yes, we use Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and Internet Routing Registries (IRR). So you must ensure that all routing advertisements are listed in IRRDB and RPKI valid, otherwise routes will be filtered.

Yes, otherwise your route advertisements will be filtered. If you don’t know how to do this, you can contact our support team by emailing to: [email protected]

You can check your IRR and RPKI  by visiting https://irr.bfd-ix.net and entering your prefix or ASN

We provide help and instructions how to implement anti-spoofing in customer network to prevent traffic with spoofed source IP addresses

Yes, we offer such assistance, as one of our requirements are accurate routing information (RPKI and/or IRR) otherwise your route advertisements will be filtered.

If you need such assistance, please write to [email protected] and one of our operators will help you.

You can order VPS with Delight VPS here: https://delightvps.net

All prices listed on Delight VPS website

You will get peer with BFDIX and IP-Transit

Yes it free and unlimited (fair use)