UAE-IX Route Servers

Number of prefixes are suggested maxpref values!

UAE-IX operates three route servers:

• Two conventional route servers (rs1.uae-ix.net and rs2.uae-ix.net)
• A dedicated route server for blackholing announcements (rsbh1.uae-ix.net)

It is advised to peer with all three route servers.

Route Server Address Information

rs1.uae-ix.net

• 185.1.8.250
• 2001:7f8:73::efbe:fa:1

rs2.uae-ix.net

• 185.1.8.251
• 2001:7f8:73::efbe:fb:1

rsbh1.uae-ix.net 185.1.8.252 2001:7f8:73::efbe:fc:1

Route Server Control

You may use BGP Standard/Extended/Large Communities to control route advertisement via the route servers:

• (61374:61374), (61374:1:0): Redistribute to all route server peers (default)

• (61374:$PEER-AS), (rt:61374:$PEER-AS), (61374:1:61374): Redistribute to $PEER-AS

• (0:$PEER-AS), (rt:0:$PEER-AS), (61374:0:$PEER-AS): Do not redistribute to $PEER-AS

• (0:61374), (61374:0:0): Do not redistribute

If $PEER-AS uses a 16b ASN, you may use Standard, Extended or Large Communities

If $PEER-AS uses a 32b ASN, you have to use Extended or Large Communities