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DE-CIX Frankfurt Route Servers
Number of prefixes are suggested maxpref values!
DE-CIX operates three route servers at DE-CIX FRA:
- Two conventional route servers (rs1.fra and rs2.fra)
- A dedicated route server for blackholing announcements (rsbh.fra)
It is advised to peer with all three route servers.
Route Server Address Information
rs1.fra.de-cix.net
- 80.81.192.157
- 2001:7f8::1a27:5051:c09d
rs2.fra.de-cix.net
- 80.81.193.157
- 2001:7f8::1a27:5051:c19d
rsbh.fra.de-cix.net
- 80.81.192.158
- 2001:7f8::1a27:5051:c09e
Route Server Control
You may use BGP Standard/Extended/Large Communities to control route advertisement via the route servers:
-
(6695:6695), (6695:1:0): Redistribute to all route server peers (default)
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(6695:$PEER-AS), (rt:6695:$PEER-AS), (6695:1:6695): Redistribute to $PEER-AS
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(0:$PEER-AS), (rt:0:$PEER-AS), (6695:0:$PEER-AS): Do not redistribute to $PEER-AS
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(0:6695), (6695:0:0): 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
There are additional communities for controlling announcements:
- 65535:0 GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN
- 65535:666 BLACKHOLE
- 6695:65281 NO-EXPORT
- 6695:65282 NO-ADVERTISE
Additional Information
For more information on route server control and Blackholing, please see:
