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BGP Action Communities

We provide communities that you can use to make changes within our network.

Please note that we only support BGP Large Communities.

Per ASN

These communities control how we export routes to other ASNs:

Description
4005871000Peer ASNDo not advertise to Peer ASN
4005871001Peer ASNPrepend once to peer ASN
4005871002Peer ASNPrepend twice to peer ASN
4005871003Peer ASNPrepend three times to peer ASN
Per Internet Exchange

These communities control how we export routes at Internet Exchanges:

Description
4005872000IX IDDo not advertise to IX RS
4005872001IX IDPrepend once to IX RS
4005872002IX IDPrepend twice to IX RS
4005872003IX IDPrepend three times to IX RS
Per Site

These communities control how we export routes at out sites:

Description
4005873000Site IDDo not advertise at site
4005873001Site IDPrepend once at site
4005873002Site IDPrepend twice at site
4005873003Site IDPrepend three times at site
Local Preference

These communities control how we setup local preference. You can view our default local preference here.

Local PrefDescription
40058740005050Lower than transit
40058740008080Lower than IX Route Server Peer
4005874000140140Lower Than IX Public Peer
4005874000160160Lower Than Public Peer
4005874000210210Higher than customer
Global

These communities control how we export routes everywhere:

Description
400587100000Do not advertise
400587100001Prepend once
400587100002Prepend twice
400587100003Prepend three
40058710000666Blackhole(supports IPv4 from /24 to /32 and IPv6 from /48 to /128)