Topic

asn215855

A collection of 4 issues

Adding BGP Prefix Length Statistics to BIRD Exporter

When you're running BGP full tables (like the ~220k IPv6 routes I receive), understanding prefix length distribution becomes interesting for network analysis. The question is simple: how many /48s, /32s, /44s am I actually receiving? The popular bird_exporter for Prometheus monitoring didn't support this out

Hosting My Own Geofeed (and Making Sure It Actually Works)

I recently set up a Geofeed for my ASN (AS215855) and figured I’d share how I’m hosting it — along with a small quirk I ran into around MIME types. What’s a Geofeed? A geofeed is a simple CSV file that helps geolocation providers (think MaxMind, IPinfo, etc.

Splitting out IX prefixes from my default route advertisement

I am peering with BGP.Exchange in different locations. BGP.Exchange is a virtual IX where anyone can join and peer virtually, meaning there's no need to have physical presence in a datacenter. You just create a tunnel to one of the endpoint locations and have your BGP

The birth of AS215855

For quite some time, I had been thinking of getting my self an ASN and a IPv6 prefix. One of the questions that I got stuck at almost every time was; where do I even start? Finding a LIR Since my purpose is purely for personal use and as a