Guide

10 useful tips on how to maximize the benefits of peering

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Bernd Spiess, peering expert for many years, has developed 10 tips for peering; from optimizing routing data base entries to prefix aggregation.

1. Optimize your routing data base entry

Please make sure that you:

  • have your routing data in just one routing database like RIPE, AFRINIC, RADB etc. (unless you are a global player)
  • have all used prefixes covered by one correct database entry, matching the ASN which they come from (more-specifics need dedicated entries too)
  • have all active (!) own and customer ASNs and AS-SETs listed in your main AS-SET - and remove unused ones

2. Use the route servers (2 sessions ipv4, 2 sessions ipv6)

The route servers help you to get the majority of possible sessions. It will help you to avoid extra work to configure all the newly-arriving members.

3. Verify your prefix amounts and details

Please verify via the route server looking glass whether the route server accepts all of your sent prefixes. If you see a difference, most probably you have not specified the right AS-SET during turn-up, or you have missing or wrong routing database entries.

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