# Networking & BGP

UP‑NETWORK’s network solutions provide high‑performance IP transit, private tunnels and BGP services from our Swiss infrastructure. All solutions are delivered from our primary PoP in **Gland** with a backup PoP in **Zurich**. Each service includes SwissShield DDoS protection, 24/7 support and BGP sessions to announce your own ASN or prefixes.

## 🌐 Overview

Our network products are built on a fully redundant backbone with direct connectivity to Tier‑1 carriers, multiple peering exchanges and CDN partners. Services are delivered over 10 Gbit/s uplinks with burst capacity up to **20 Gbit/s** and support IPv4/IPv6 with reverse DNS. Commit rates start from **100 Mbps** up to **1 Gbps**, with discounts for quarterly, semi‑annual and annual contracts.

## 🚏 IP Transit & Cross‑Connect (UP‑Connect)

UP‑Connect provides professional IP transit for customers colocated in our datacenter.

* **PoP:** available only at our Gland datacenter.
* **Commit:** start from **300 Mbps**, burst up to **20 Gbit/s**.
* **BGP included:** announce your own prefixes or use ours.
* **99.95 % availability target** and 24/7 support.
* **Optional DDoS protection.**
* **Cross‑connect:** physical interconnect to your rack (housing client eligibility required).

This service is ideal for customers needing high‑performance transit within the datacenter.

## 🌐 UP‑Transport Tunnels (GRE/VXLAN)

UP‑Transport offers secure Layer‑3 (GRE) or Layer‑2/3 (VXLAN) tunnels between your infrastructure and UP‑NETWORK.

* **PoPs:** choose Gland or Zurich for your tunnel endpoint.
* **Commit rate:** 100 Mbps – 1 Gbps (example shown at **300 Mbps**).
* **Tunnel type:** GRE (L3) or VXLAN (L2/L3).
* **Burst capacity:** up to **20 Gbit/s**.
* **BGP session:** included by default.
* **DDoS protection:** optional, +CHF 20/month.
* **Contract periods:** monthly, quarterly (–2 %), semi‑annual (–5 %) or annual (–10 %, installation fee waived).

UP‑Transport is perfect for low‑latency transport between Zurich and Gland, GRE/VXLAN edge‑tunnelling, or building a private network across sites.

## 🧠 BGP-as-a-Service

Customers can activate BGP sessions on any network solution:

* **Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP):** announce your own IPv4/IPv6 prefixes.
* **RPKI & IRR:** compliant with RPKI validation and IRR filtering.
* **Community support:** no-export, blackhole, no-bogon, as well as UP‑NETWORK-specific communities.
* **Blackholing & FlowSpec:** filter DDoS traffic proactively.
* **Secure & Dual‑Port packages:** for redundancy or additional filtering requirements (see pricing in options).

## 🛡 SwissShield™ DDoS Protection

SwissShield provides intelligent DDoS mitigation for all network services:

* **Local mitigation:** attacks up to **20 Gbit/s** are filtered on our Swiss infrastructure using traffic shaping and heuristics (L3‑L7).
* **Automatic overflow:** larger attacks are redirected via BGP to a Voxility scrubbing centre (> 1 Tbps capacity), then clean traffic is forwarded back to your service.
* **Partner scrubbing:** our partner network offers > 1 Tbps of scrubbing capacity with a core network > 3.5 Tbps.
* **Roadmap:** continuous capacity expansion towards complete independence.

SwissShield combines real‑time detection, BGP signalling and hybrid filtering to keep your services online.

## 🏢 Network Infrastructure

* **Points of Presence:**
  * **Gland (Primary):** main network point with optimal connectivity.
  * **Zurich (Backup):** secondary PoP for network redundancy.
* **Network partners:**
  * **Tier‑1 operators** for direct connections.
  * **Peering** at multiple IXPs for efficient traffic exchange.
  * **CDN partners** for content optimisation.
  * **Redundancy:** multiple diverse paths to ensure resilience.

This high‑performance backbone allows us to guarantee low‑latency, reliable connectivity throughout Switzerland and Europe.

## 🔧 Service Options

Customise your networking solution with:

* Additional IPv4 or larger IPv6 blocks.
* Higher commit rates or multiple uplinks.
* Private VLANs and cross‑connects for colocation customers.
* Advanced BGP packages (Basic, Secure, Dual‑Port) depending on security needs.
* Managed GRE/VXLAN configurations.

For bespoke requirements or a personalised quote, please contact UP‑NETWORK.

## Next Steps

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### Choose your service

Decide between **UP‑Connect** (transit) or **UP‑Transport** (tunnels) based on your needs.
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### Select location & commit

Select your PoP (Gland or Zurich) and the commit rate that fits your requirements.
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### Add options

Add options such as DDoS protection, BGP packages, or additional IPs.
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### Request a quote

Request a quote or order via the customer portal.
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### Configure devices

For configuration examples (e.g., setting up BGP on MikroTik, Juniper, VyOS or Linux), refer to the **Tutorials & How‑To Guides**.
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UP‑NETWORK’s network solutions are engineered to deliver robust, scalable and secure connectivity. By combining state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure with Swiss data sovereignty and expert support, we ensure that your network operations are fast, reliable and protected.


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