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Virtual Peering

A seamless on-ramp to the IX Australia Exchange for your customers at just $99 per month, incl. GST.

VIRTUAL PEERING

A seamless on-ramp to the IX Australia Exchange for your customers at just $99 per month

Virtual Peering

IX Australia offers a simple solution to extend peering access to your downstream customers

Our Virtual Peering service allows IAA Members to on-sell access to the peering fabric using their existing service port in the IX Australia exchange.

If you already have transport capability to your customers and an active IAA port, you can offer a fully functional peering experience without them needing to take a physical port themselves.

  • $99/month (incl. GST) per Virtual Peering service
  • 1Gbps rate limit
  • You provide the path back to your customer
  • IAA provides the peering fabric and service configuration

This is an easy way to expand your product suite and give customers with internet resources a low-cost entry point to peering.

Who it's aimed at

Virtual peering is perfect for IAA Members who want to resell peering to their customers.

Virtual Peering lets you turn your existing port into a revenue-generating service. It is ideal if you are:

  • A wholesale L2 carrier
  • A Network-as-a-Service platform
  • A network consolidating multiple small customers onto your IAA port
  • Any service provider with customers that own their internet resources
  • Any IAA Member with an active service port who wants to offer Virtual Peering as a value-added service

How it works

It’s easy to get connected:

Step 1:
As the IAA Member, you submit all Virtual Peering orders on behalf of your customers, including the downstream customer’s:

  • ASN
  • AS-Set
  • MAC address to permit
  • VLAN termination at the IAA port end

Step 2:
IAA deploys the service with a 1Gbps rate limiter and emails the peering address allocations.

Step 3:
You and your customer work together to build the path between your networks.

Step 4:
Your customer can establish BGP across the peering fabric, just like any other IAA Member.

Order your IX Australia Virtual Peering services via the Member Portal now

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Ask your network provider about Virtual Peering

Not on our network? Not a worry! With Virtual Peering, you don’t need your own physical port to join our peering fabric. Ask your Network provider if they can deliver Virtual Peering directly to you, via your existing connectivity to them.

How to get started:

1. Check whether you already buy connectivity from an IAA Member.
Many carriers and regional providers can deliver Virtual Peering on request.

2. Browse our Directory of Peers to find networks with presence at your preferred location.

3. Contact your chosen provider and ask whether they offer Virtual Peering on their IX Australia port.

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