Protocol

BGP

Autonomous System Numbers

Nairobi AS37704 Africa Data Center, Sameer Industrial Park
Mombasa AS37770 Telkom Kenya, Telehouse / AS37786 Icolo, Mombasa 1

Peering type

Open (multilateral and bilateral)

Transit

No we do not offer transit

Connectivity

Layer 2 (1Gb and 10Gb)

Connectivity Addresses

IPv4 single IP
IPv6 minimum /64

Acceptable prefixes

Valid routable IPv4 prefixes
Valid routable IPv6 prefixes

Filtering

Prefix filtering based on IRR Route Objects
RFC1918 prefixes not accepted

BGP communities AS37704 Nairobi only

BGP large community policy is;

37704:0:peeras Do not announce prefix to peer
37704:1:peeras Announce prefix to specific peer
37704:0:0           Do not announce prefix to any peer
37704:1:0           Announce prefix to all peers

Standard BGP community policy is;

0:peeras             Do not announce prefix to peer
37704:peeras    Announce prefix to specific peer
0:37704              Do not announce prefix to any peer

Default is to announce all prefixes to all peers if no BGP community is set.

RIR BGP community object for Nairobi peering AS37704 Route Servers

AS-SET-KIXP37704-RS

RIR BGP community object for Mombasa peering AS37786 Route Servers

AS-SET-KIXP37786-RS

Security

Disruptive network behavior is prohibited
Illegal network activity is prohibited

Recommendations

PeeringDB
Route object
AS-SET object
Prefix filtering

Contact

KIXP
Tespok