Technical Information

Connecting to the IX

Edge IX Birmingham utilises the Arista platform to provide the capacity, flexibility and resilience needed to support its members. By connecting to Edge IX Birmingham members can exchange traffic directly between one another reducing transit costs.

When connecting your device to the exchange we recommend utilising a layer 3 device where possible and disabling any unnecessary protocols to avoid any unwanted traffic on the Internet Exchange.

The below provides some example configuration that you can utilise but we strongly recommend reviewing your manufacturer best practices.

Cisco Router Configuration

					
interface TenGigabitEthernet4/1
description Peering: Edge IX Birmingham
ip address 84.246.159.x 255.255.255.128
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ipv6 enable
ipv6 nd prefix default no-advertise
ipv6 nd managed-config-flag
ipv6 nd other-config-flag
ipv6 nd ra suppress
no ipv6 redirects
no ipv6 unreachables
mls netflow sampling
no cdp enable
no mop enabled

Arista Router Configuration


interface Ethernet17  
description Peering: Edge IX Birmingham
no switchport  
ip address 84.246.159.x/25  
ipv6 nd ra disabled  
ipv6 nd managed-config-flag  
ipv6 nd other-config-flag  
no lldp transmit  
no mpls ip