Session options
Every field on the peering form, grouped by the four steps you fill in. You provide your side of the tunnel and BGP session; the RoutedBits side is generated for you on submit.
Node
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Select a router — required | Choose which RoutedBits node to peer with, shown as hostname · city. Only nodes with peering open are listed. See the Nodes page for locations, capabilities (IPv4/IPv6/dual-stack), and endpoints. |
Your network
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name — required |
A descriptive label for the session. Must start with a letter and
contain only uppercase letters, numbers, and dashes
(e.g. MY-PEERING-1). Auto-uppercased.
|
| Your ASN — required | Your DN42 autonomous system number. Locked to the ASN from your Kioubit login and filled in for you. |
WireGuard (your tunnel)
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| WireGuard public endpoint — required |
Your tunnel's public IPv4/IPv6 address or FQDN (e.g.
tunnel.mydomain.tld, 192.0.2.10, or
2001:db8::1234). Hostnames must resolve in DNS, and the
address must be publicly reachable and match the router's address
families.
|
| WireGuard port — required | Your tunnel's public listen port (1–65535). |
| WireGuard public key — required |
Your tunnel's WireGuard public key (44-character base64, ending in
=).
|
BGP session
Choose one or both address families and provide the matching tunnel address(es).
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| BGP IPv4 session | Establish BGP over IPv4. Requires your tunnel's IPv4 address. |
| BGP IPv6 session | Establish BGP over IPv6. Requires your tunnel's IPv6 address. |
| BGP Multi-protocol | Carry both IPv4 and IPv6 announcements over a single BGP session. Select this with only one session type, not both. |
| BGP Extended Next Hop | Advertise IPv4 routes with an IPv6 next hop (RFC 8950). Requires Multi-protocol, and cannot be combined with an IPv4 tunnel address. |
| Your tunnel's IPv4 address |
Required for an IPv4 session. Must be within DN42 space
(172.20.0.0/14) and belong to your ASN's allocation.
|
| Your tunnel's IPv6 address |
Required for an IPv6 session. Link-local (fe80::/10) is
preferred (e.g. fe80:: + the last four digits of your ASN);
ULA (fc00::/7) is also accepted and must belong to your
allocation.
|
Session rules. At least one BGP session (IPv4 or IPv6) is required.
An IPv4-only session can't carry an IPv6 tunnel address, and vice versa.
Extended Next Hop implies Multi-protocol.