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Supported Network Edge Configurations

Equinix Internet Access offers users a virtual connection to the internet from their Network Edge devices.

Prerequisites​

  • You must have account on the Customer portal.

  • Your organization must be onboarded to an Equinix CRH/AM Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform.

  • You must have a provisioned Network Edge device available, such as a firewall, router, WAN, or other virtual device. For more information about Network Edge, see the Network Edge documentation.

  • You can now use a billing account with a Purchase Order (PO) to set up your Internet Access service over Network Edge:

    • Your PO must be valid (non-expired), the type must be Blanket, and more than 0 value must be available.
    • Category is Interconnection (or All).
    • Location includes the IBX where the device is connected (or All Locations).

    For more information about creating a PO, see Purchase Order Management.

Supported Configurations​

Equinix Internet Access with Network Edge devices is currently supported on the following configurations:

  • Single or dual connections on Network Edge devices, including a single independent connection for each device in a cluster pair or a redundant pair. End-to-end resilient secondary (redundant) connections are supported for clusters and redundant devices.

  • Fixed bandwidth billing. For more information about this account type, see Billing.

    note

    Internet Access service results in a separate invoice. This is different from the single invoices that are generated for Network Edge devices and virtual connections.

  • Selectable minimum bandwidth commitment.

  • Static, direct, and BGP routing protocols.

In addition, Equinix will provide:

  • Internet or WAN-facing IPv4 /30 and IPv6 /64 addresses at no additional charge.

  • Additional IP addresses for the local area network, at an additional charge. These addresses are mandatory for static and BGP configurations, and optional for direct routing. Available subnets are:

    • IPv4 /30 to IPV4 /24
    • IPv6 /64 and /48
    note

    When you submit a new order, be sure to request a subnet that is large enough to scale to your needs. After orders are submitted, Equinix currently can’t support immediate requests to assign additional subnets.

  • Optional additional subnets, for direct routing protocol.

Ordering​

See Order Internet Access for Virtual Devices for instructions. Once you submit the order, your new internet service is provisioned automatically and installed immediately after you place the order. Your new connection can be viewed in the Fabric Connections Inventory and the Internet Access Inventory dashboards.