Category Archives: Support
Why you need an IX, even if you have your own cache boxes
We’ve had networks on our IXes that have had a gigabit/s or more of traffic going to our cache boxes when they had their own on-net cache boxes that were working as designed. Many Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) have programs where you can get a node of theirs in your network to maximize performance, minimize […]
IOS-XR Example Config
; ; REPLACE X with your appropriate FD-IX IP Address ; ; REPLACE Y with your appropriate IP blocks ; ; REPLACE 1234 with your ASN ; ; Route Server addresses are specific for Indy. Other locatins will need to be modified interface TenGigE0/1/0/7.300 description “Midwest IX Peering” ipv4 address 206.53.139.X 255.255.255.0 ipv6 nd suppress-ra […]
Route Server Communities
We have started to implement communities in the route servers. The most useful one we’ve found so far is that you can advertise a community of 0:{insert AS here} and it will not advertise that prefix to that AS via the route servers. It is useful if you have some specific prefixes you don’t want […]
Stopping DDOS attacks with BCP38
How do we stop DDoS attacks? Everyone implementing BCP38.http://ow.ly/NILjf
General Policies
1. This document contains a set of common rules that all networks wishing to connect to the M-IX fabric must adhere to. Failure to comply with any provision of this agreement can result in immediate disconnection from the M-IX peering fabric without notice. By connecting to the M-IX peering fabric you acknowledge that you have […]
M-IX peering Requirements
Midwest Internet Exchange Peering Requirements: 1. The peering candidate must be a registered entity in its local jurisdiction. 2. The peering candidate must provide M-IX with a 24 hour contact point. 3. Only BGPv4 and BGPv6 are allowed as routing protocols. 4. The Peering candidate must have a registered, Public ASN (Autonomous System Number) issued […]
Example Cisco 3550 Config for M-IX
vtp mode transparent ! no spanning-tree vlan 777 ! If you don’t need LLDP, disable globally no lldp run ! If you don’t need CDP, disable globally no cdp run ! vlan 777 name M-IX ! interface /IfIdent/ description Interface to MIDWEST-IX switchport access vlan 777 switchport mode access switchport nonegotiate no keepalive speed nonegotiate […]