BGP Communites

These are the BGP Communities that are available on our network

We use RFC 8092 BGP Large Communities.

Informal Communities:

Community Meaning
- Information X => {
0 = Not specific,
1 = GRA1,
3 = PAR1,
5 = FRA1,
6 = DRO1,
7 = JENA1,
8 = DUS1,
9 = MUN1,
10 = FMT1,
11 = KC1,
12 = ADEL1,
13 = MAR1
} xx => {
10 = KleyReX,
11 = EVIX,
12 = BFD-IX,
19 = FogIXP,
20 = LocIX FRA
}
213045:X:100 Originated
213045:X:101 Learned from upstreams
213045:X:102 Learned from peers
213045:X:103 Learned from downstreams
213045:X:1xx Learned from IX
213045:X:900 Learned from AS112

Action Communities:

Community Meaning
213045:101:XXX Set local preference (can be 010, 100, 120, 130, 170). Default for customers is 150.
213045:100:666 Blackhole
213045:200:100 Don't send prefix to LocIX Frankfurt
213045:200:101 Don't send prefix to August (AS50058) (Can decrease latency)

Remark: We passthrough communities to/from our upstreams so you can use theirs for more control.