BGP Communities

Control routing and traffic engineering with BGP community tags

Last updated: 2/3/2026

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The table below lays out the BGP Communities and their corresponding policies on the OneQode Network.

This info helps you control how routes are exported across our network. Whether you want to limit route sharing in specific regions or with certain types of networks, these settings give you fine-grained control over your service.

Policy Description	BGP Community
Remote Triggered Black Hole Filtering (RTBH) (RFC 3882)	`65535:666`
BGP Graceful Shutdown (RFC 8326)	`65535:0`
Do not export to upstream networks	`65535:1`
Do not export to peers	`65535:2`
Do not export route in Australia	`65535:4100`
Do not export route in the USA	`65535:4200`
Do not export route in Hong Kong, SAR	`65535:4300`
Do not export route in Japan	`65535:4400`
Do not export route in Guam	`65535:4500`
Do not export route in Singapore	`65535:4600`
Do not export route in Philippines	`65535:4700`
Do not export route to China	`65535:23`

Local Pref Action Communities

Policy Description	BGP Community
Default Customer Local Pref	`200`
Treat as Backup Route	`65535:145`
Treat as Peer Route, backup	`65535:45`
Lowest Possible, backup, equal to upstreams	`65535:30`