BIX membership prerequisites
BIX connection conditions:
I. Conditions for eligibility for BIX membership
II. Technical conditions for BIX connection
I. Conditions for eligibility for BIX membership
A service provider entitled to BIX membership is:
- has its own AS identifier, IP address range (at least /27) and the corresponding objects in the RIPE database (aut-num, inetnum, inet6num, route, route6).
- the service provider whose application is decided by the BIX Committee by majority vote based on individual reasons within the framework of the ISZT's annual ordinary general meeting. The decision on individual assessment also includes the approved duration and conditions of the exceptional membership.
- in case of a special legal obligation, the authorized organization can be provided with a "special authority" service on BIX, the conditions of which may differ from the general BIX requirements.
Technical conditions for BIX connection
- Members can only connect to BIX Ethernet switches with a router or a Layer3 switch on which the ports are set in Layer3 mode.
- Interfaces supported by BIX: 10G LR4, 25G LR4, 100G LR4
- Only transparent Layer1 or Layer2 (Eg: Optical fiber pair, EoDWDM, EoMPLS) data transmission is allowed between the BIX Ethernet switch and the member's router, Layer2 switching (Eg: VPLS, VLAN via Layer2 switches) is not allowed.
- Only one MAC address is permitted on one port of the BIX switch (per VLAN). Of the Layer2/3 protocols, only ARP, IPv4 and IPv6 are allowed on BIX, the use of other protocols (e.g. CDP, LLDP, Spanning-Tree) is prohibited.
- A member can connect to BIX at several ports and/or BIX Service points.
- BIX itself is a geographically distributed system. The distributed system consists of BIX Service points, between which there is a direct, reserved level 2 (data connection level) connection. It is possible to connect to BIX through the port of the Ethernet switch(es) located at the BIX Service Point. The optical module on the BIX side required for the selected connection type is part of the service. The BIX member, at his own expense, is obliged to ensure that his connector interface is compatible with the selected connection type.
- The BIX Service point can only be connected via single-mode optical switches. Swinging optical patch cable and copper-based connection cannot be used.
g) Only the BGP4 external routing protocol is applicable on BIX, the condition for connection is the existence of the registered AS number and the availability of the networks to be announced over the Internet.
- The IP addresses used on BIX are allocated from the service provider-independent domain for this purpose. The allocation of addresses is the responsibility of the BIX Operator.
- BIX en route servers operate based on the information found in the RIPE objects (route, aut-num).
- The BIX member is obliged to maintain the RIPE object entries according to the actual situation.
- A BIX member can only advertise on BIX those networks which:
to its own address range,
to the address range of your customers,
fall into the address range of your backup partners.
Advertisements must be consistent with RIPE postings.
A BIX member can only release IP packets to BIX with a source address that can also advertise networks. To ensure this, you must use properly configured filters in your router
- BIX members are obliged to:
to continuously ensure the free capacity necessary for uninterrupted operation on the BIX peering ports: in the event that the utilization of the port exceeds 80%, if the BIX member does not eliminate the overload at the request of the BIX Operator, the BIX Operator will charge the BIX until the problem is resolved can suspend route server services.
to continuously publish and update your peering and connection data on the peeringdb.com website.
operate a public e-mail address published on the BIX website to receive messages from BIX members and the BIX Operator. The BIX member must respond to error messages sent to the e-mail address within 24 hours.
Provide a 24-hour emergency phone number to the BIX Operator.
