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Peering Agreement

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A Peering Agreement is usually a documentation trail that indicates how two network operators are going to interconnect. They are required when operators have Selective or Restricted peering policies.

The documentation trail can take a range of forms depending on the operators involved, and can range from email exchanges all the way to a formal contract between the two entities.

A peering agreement will usually contain the following information:

  • The AS numbers to be used by each party
  • The AS numbers of customers that are to be transited by each party (if applicable)
  • IP address space (IPv4 and/or IPv6) to be announced by each party (and by each party's customers as applicable)
  • Subnets of the IP address space to be announced by each party (acceptable ranges, used for traffic engineering)
  • The location of the physical interconnect
  • The bandwidth/capacity of the interconnect
  • Any specific BGP options (password to protect the session, use of MEDs, use of BGP communities,…)
  • Administrative contact for each party
  • Technical contact for each party
  • Network Operations Centre (24×7) contact for each party
  • What happens in case of network problems (escalation path) or disputes

Much of this is already contained in a well documented PeeringDB entry, but many operators still request a direct agreement so that there is supporting documentation indicating how the two parties will interact with each other.

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peering-toolbox/peering_agreement.txt · Last modified: 2023/03/27 00:45 by philip