Re: 4IXP DOA ?

[William Herrin via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Off list so I don't pester people there:

On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM vom513 via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
> I am what you would call a “basement multihomer”.  So as the kids say nowadays - “homelab” (on steroids).  To answer 
> your question - IXP presence delivered via VPN.  I don’t have the $$$ for physical presence at the moment.

My garage is multihomed on the Internet (AS11875) using two local
non-BGP service providers and virtual wires out to two BGP service
providers. If that's what you're looking for, I can help.

IXPs are generally for sharing partial BGP feeds with other networks
-- you send traffic that's specifically to their customers to them
directly. That's the exchange part of IXP. You don't get a full BGP
feed or a default route at an IXP; you only get the routes for the
other participants. Hence my confusion about what a virtual wire to an
IXP accomplishes for your home lab, since you would need and
presumably already have a full BGP feed from somewhere else to cover
the routes you don't receive at the IXP.

Some IXPs also sell or trade full Internet Transit service on the
side, but that's different from the IXP part.

Regards,
Bill


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