Scheme of Functionality
For simplicity on the scheme there is an example of two members. The number of participants does not affect the functionality principles.
Every participant has physical connection to BIX.BG at a particular speed.
Through the created physical connections every member receives a static IP address of the BIX.BG network. All IP addresses are in the range of one and the same network mask and consequently:
- The traffic between participants is switching directly through the shared switch infrastructure, instead of routing;
- The participants have direct visibility towards the IP addresses and are able to organize direct BGP sessions among each other.
All participants maintain two BGP4 sessions with RS1 and RS2, where they announce all networks which are willing to exchange traffic through BIX.BG.
