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Protocol
BGP
Autonomous System Numbers
Nairobi AS37704 Africa Data Center, Sameer Industrial ParkMombasa AS37786 Icolo MBA1, Miritini
Nairobi AS37770 Icolo NBO1, Langata South Road
Nairobi AS37789 PAIX, Britam Tower
Peering type
Open (multilateral and bilateral)
Transit
No we do not offer transit
Connectivity
Layer 2 (1Gb, 10Gb and 100Gb)
Accepted ethertypes
IPv4 0x0800IPv6 0x08dd
ARP 0x0806
Prohibited protocols
Spanning Tree 802.1DProxy ARP RFC1027
Discovery stuff like CDP, LLDP, MOP, NDP, EDP, IRDP and L2 keepalives.
VTP, DTP, UDLD, PAgP
Auto config BOOTP, DHCP, IPv6 SLAAC, broadcast TFTP
Interior routing OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, RIP
MAC filtering
Please co-ordinate with us on MAC filtering and limiting
Connectivity Addresses
IPv4 single IPIPv6 minimum /64
Acceptable prefixes
Valid routable IPv4 prefixesValid routable IPv6 prefixes
Prefix filtering
Prefix filtering based on IRR Route ObjectsRFC1918 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 prohibitedIllegal network activity is prohibited
Recommendations
PeeringDBRoute object
AS-SET object
Prefix filtering
Contact
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