AS198734 · Bojin Network

Bojin Network is a personal network for education and research, operated by Bojin Li under AS198734.

We explore BGP, IPv6 and anycast on the public Internet, while using the network for our self-hosted services and development environments. From edge routers to service gateways, it is both everyday infrastructure and an evolving network lab.

We have an open peering policy and welcome interconnection with other network operators.

Our Network

Address Space

AS198734 operates both IPv4 and IPv6, using the following address space:

Our AS-SET, RIPE::AS198734:AS-BOJIN, can be used to build peering route filters.

Edge and Core

Our IPv4 network has BGP ingress points in New York, Las Vegas and Zurich, all announcing 44.31.223.0/24. WireGuard tunnels connect these edges to a service core hosted at OVH in the eastern United States, forwarding incoming traffic to the backend services.

The core uses VyOS for routing and forwarding, with Proxmox hosting the service VMs. Service addressing is separate from the provider-assigned underlay addresses: services use our own public prefixes rather than the hosts' native public addresses.

BGP selects the ingress edge. Return traffic is steered back through the corresponding ingress edge using connection marks and policy-based routing. We tie BFD monitoring of the edge-to-core paths to route advertisements: if a path fails, the affected edge withdraws its announcement so that traffic can enter through another edge. Outbound connections also have fallback routes.

The distributed ingress points provide routing redundancy, while the services remain centralized at the core.

Peering

We have an open peering policy, with no requirements for traffic ratios, presence at multiple sites or a peering contract. Personal experimental networks, education and research networks, and commercial networks are all welcome to peer with AS198734 wherever we share an interconnection point.

Internet Exchanges

We participate in IPv6 peering at the following exchanges. We connect to route servers and also welcome bilateral BGP sessions with networks at a shared exchange.

Peering Policy

• Have a valid public ASN and authorization to use and announce your prefixes.
• Keep PeeringDB, IRR and applicable RPKI ROA information accurate, and provide a reachable NOC email address.
• Announce only your own routes and any downstream routes agreed upon by both parties. Do not send a default route unless agreed in advance.
• Send traffic over the peering only to destinations within the other party's advertised prefixes, and follow the exchange's technical and acceptable-use rules.

Request a Session

Please email your ASN, PeeringDB link, shared exchange, session addresses and IRR AS-SET to noc@bojin.li. A suggested subject line is Peering - AS<your number> - <exchange name>.

If you have an expected prefix count, BFD requirements or other special requests, please include those too. We will confirm the session parameters and prefix limits by email.

Contact

PeeringDB · bgp.tools · HE BGP Toolkit · RIPE Database

WHOIS Snapshot

The following registry snapshot is provided for reference and is not updated automatically. See the RIPE Database for current records.

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refer:        whois.ripe.net

as-block:     198656-199679
organisation: Assigned by RIPE NCC

whois:        whois.ripe.net
descr:        Assigned by RIPE NCC

changed:      2012-03-21
source:       IANA

# whois.ripe.net

as-block:       AS198305 - AS199072
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remarks:        These AS Numbers are assigned to network operators in the RIPE NCC service region.
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
created:        2026-02-18T10:24:00Z
last-modified:  2026-02-18T10:24:00Z
source:         RIPE

% Information related to 'AS198734'

% Abuse contact for 'AS198734' is 'noc@bojin.li'

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remarks:        |   | |_________| |_____________________
remarks:        |   \=____________/    Bojin Li 2023    )
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address:        Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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last-modified:  2026-05-13T06:02:55Z
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role:           Bojin Network NOC
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