Route Server
The SON-IX operates two fully redundant route servers for route exchange between peers. Every SON-IX peer can peer on the route servers free of charge. This simplifies the exchange of routes between the different peers. We rely on arouteserver, the provision of new peers is automated.
Technical Data
| Route-Server | IPv4 | IPv6 | IPv4 Prefixes | IPv6 Prefixes | ASN | AS-Set |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cactus | 193.201.149.1 | 2001:7f8:25::5:9552:1 | 40000 | 10000 | 59552 | AS-SON-IX-RS |
| tumbleweed | 193.201.149.2 | 2001:7f8:25::5:9552:2 | 40000 | 10000 | 59552 | AS-SON-IX-RS |
Communities
Operational Communities
We support the following communities, which can be used to control traffic through the peer. If you need more communities, please contact us! For compatibility reasons, we also offer some of these communities as standard communities.
| Large Community | Standard Community | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 59552:0:0 | 0:59552 | Do not announce to any client |
| 59552:59552:peer_as | 59552:peer_as | Announce to peer, even if tagged with the previous community |
| 59552:0:peer_as | 0:peer_as | Do not announce to peer |
| 59552:65501:0 | 65501:59552 | Prepend the announcing ASN once to any |
| 59552:65502:0 | 65502:59552 | Prepend the announcing ASN twice to any |
| 59552:65503:0 | 65503:59552 | Prepend the announcing ASN thrice to any |
| 59552:101:peer_as | — | Prepend the announcing ASN once to peer |
| 59552:102:peer_as | — | Prepend the announcing ASN twice to peer |
| 59552:103:peer_as | — | Prepend the announcing ASN thrice to peer |
| 59552:901:peer_as | — | Add NO_EXPORT to peer |
| 59552:902:peer_as | — | Add NO_ADVERTISE to peer |
Regional Communities
For better regional traffic control, we add to our peer routes a regional community.
| Large Community | Standard Community | Region |
|---|---|---|
| 59552:200:100 | — | Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 59552:200:101 | — | Wolfsburg |
| 59552:200:102 | — | Brunswick |
| 59552:200:103 | — | Hanover |
| 59552:200:104 | — | Göttingen |