Below is a sample peering request. Click on the highlighted fields (shown in green) on this web page and email the resulting peering request form. There are a lot of these fields, but the good news is that all fields are stored on your browser as cookies, so will be automatically maintained across sessions.
So after filling it out the first time, you will only have to update the fields (shown as green on yellow) that change per peering request.
To: [Peering Email Address of target]
Subject: Peering Request from [YOUR COMPANY] ([IP],AS[ASNumber],[AS-MACRO]) at the [IX NAME] in [CITY NAME], [COUNTRY NAME]
Hello,
[YOUR COMPANY NAME] (YOUR ASN) is connected to the [IX NAME] and is interested in establishing a peering session with AS[YOURASN].
We have a [TYPE OF] peering policy and [ARE/ARE NOT] willing to sign contracts.
Based on traffic analysis reports we receive periodically, we have noted that your firm sends/receives in excess of [AMOUNT]Mbps of traffic with our IP backbone/customer routes via 3rd parties. We are currently peering at [IX NAME] and would suggest that we discuss a settlement free interconnection of our two networks.
Our details are as follows:
IP: [IP ADDRESS]
AS: [YOUR ASN]
AS-MACRO: [YOUR AS-MACRO]
Interface: [TYPE OF PORT]
Prefixes announced: [AMOUNT]
MD5 password: [YES/NO]
Peering email: [peering@your.email.com]
Peering coordinator phone: [YOUR PEERING COORDINATOR PHONE]
Peering coordinator fax: [YOUR PEERING COORDINATOR FAX]
NOC email: [NOC EMAIL]
NOC phone: [YOUR NOC PHONE]
NOC fax: [YOUR NOC FAX]
NOC mail address: [YOUR SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS]
Peering agreement: [URL]
Additional information about our network:
We carry over [AMOUNT]Gbps of transit.
We are present at the following IXPs:
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
[IXP NAME]: [IP ADDRESS]
We aim to set-up peering sessions within [NUMBER] hours.
If you would like to set-up a peering session with us please [follow this link] and fill in the form which will provide us with your confirmation and the necessary information to set-up the peering session.
If you do not wish to set-up a peering session with us or require additional information, please [follow this link] and inform us of this fact.
[free form whatever you like goes here]
Please fill out the information below in your response.
Router location:
IP:
AS:
AS-MACRO:
MD5 Password:
Other password:
Peering agreement:
Number of announcements and/or max-prefix limit you want us to use
Your name:
Your email:
Your fax:
NOC email:
NOC phone:
NOC fax:
NOC mail address:
Best regards,
[YOUR NAME]
[YOUR EMAIL]
[YOUR DIRECT PHONE]
[YOUR COMPANY NAME]
[COMPANY WEBSITE]
This form is based on the template made available to DrPeering.net by Serge Radovic (Euro-IX). Comments welcome to webmaster@DrPeering.net.