Peering Information - AS2381

WiscNet is a non-profit ISP that provides internet connectivity to educational and government entities within the state of Wisconsin. WiscNet's membership consists of over 400 member sites.

WiscNet's current membership includes

• University of Wisconsin System (26 campuses)
• Many Private Colleges and Universities
• Wisconsin Technical College System
• Most K-12 School Districts
• State of Wisconsin Government
• Many Local Governments
• Many Public Libraries

Peering Policy

WiscNet peers openly and aggressively at each exchange point to which we connect, which presently includes

• Chicago - AMS-IX 
• Chicago - ChiX
• Chicago - Equinix
• Madison - MadIX
• Minnapolis - MICE
• Milwaukee - MKEIX

For IP address information, recommended prefix limits, please see our PeeringDB entry.

Technical Policy

• We will not peer with anyone who is a WiscNet transit customer.
• We exchange routes using BGP4. We will peer either directly or via a route server.
• We are a multicast enabled network. If your network is multicast aware, we prefer to exchange both unicast and multicast routes.
• We have over a decade of experience deploying IPv6 networks and, we'd really be happy to exchange IPv6 routes in addition to v4.
• We can use BGP authentication keys if required.
• We require that peers announce the same routing policy at all points where they peer with us, unless other arrangements are made.
• Private peers must, and public peers are encouraged to, have NOCs with email addresses, phone numbers, and 24x7 coverage. Technical contact information must be provided.
• Peers must agree to actively cooperate chasing security violations, denial of service attacks, and similar incidents.
• Peers must not abuse the peering relationship by doing any of the following non exhaustive list: pointing default, resetting next hop, selling or giving next hop to others, sending prefixes longer than /24, and so forth.
• We reserve the right to temporarily suspend peering if it is determined to be causing harm to the WiscNet network. Peering may resume once the problem is resolved.
• We reserve the right to not peer with anyone as we see fit and to terminate any peering at any time with 30 days notice.
• We reserve the right to change this policy with 30 days notice.

Tools

• Looking Glass - https://tools.wiscnet.net/stats/proxy/
• PeeringDB - http://as2381.peeringdb.com/

BGP Communities

Informational Coding

WiscNet exports an informational code in to BGP routes. this code is 5 digits, starting with 5.

2381:5RCCP

Examples:

• 2381:51011 - Transit from Norht West region
• 2381:59012 - Peer from South East region

Action

Action communities are available to WiscNet BGP speaking members. Please contact support@wiscnet.net for setup and further information. Note that reference to the Informational Codes above is required.