Multipass

Access all France-IX cities from a single location with Multipass.

Multipass is the national peering service offered by France-IX. It allows customers to access all available routes from other France-IX points of presence through a single port, without the need to connect locally in each city.

France-IX is responsible for collecting routes from peers in remote cities who wish to have their routes announced through the Multipass service.

Optionally, an advanced network visibility solution can be added to provide detailed statistics on the usage and destinations of the Multipass service.

Discover the benefits of the Multipass service

Multipass extends your connectivity while simplifying your network management. It gives you access to a national peering ecosystem from a single location, at no additional cost and with optimized performance.

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Simplified connectivity

Simplify your connectivity with direct access to the entire France-IX network from a single peering LAN.

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Maximum network performance

Ensure your business continuity with a redundant service relying on multiple France-IX aggregation routers.

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Always-On service

Boost your network performance with optimal routing built on France-IX's robust and resilient infrastructure.

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Proactive 24/7 monitoring

Benefit from continuous service monitoring provided by our technical support team, available 24/7.

Technical support

Using this service grants access to responsive, high-quality technical support available 24/7.

Multipass: a simple way to access routes from remote France-IX cities

Multipass routers are deployed in every city where France-IX operates: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon (and Grenoble), Marseille, Paris, and Toulouse. These routers collect the routes announced by members, either directly or via the route servers, and then redistribute them to all Multipass customers.

This model ensures consistent and controlled route distribution. Multipass customers do not use the route servers to announce their routes to remote peers — this function is handled by the Multipass routers, providing better routing policy control through BGP communities.

The service functions as a natural extension of local peering with no additional.

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FAQs

Local peering connects you directly to members in your city via the local exchange LAN. Multipass is a national peering service: it gives you access to routes from all France-IX cities (Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Toulouse) from a single port, via dedicated collector routers. Both services are compatible and often used together.

No, Multipass complements Local Peering rather than replacing it. Local peering provides direct exchanges with members in your city (optimal latency, no intermediate router). Multipass extends your reach to the entire France-IX network from a single port. The ideal approach is to combine both services to maximise the benefits.

To access Multipass, you must have an active port at one of the France-IX Points of Presence. If you are not yet a France-IX member, start with local Peering. Once connected, Multipass activation is done on simple request to our technical team, with no additional physical intervention required.

More information

2026 peering prices

Past events

WEBINAIRE-MULTIPASS@2x

Webinaire : Découvrir & comprendre le service Multipass de France-IX

17 June 2025 / Paris (France)

Animé par Simon Muyal, notre Directeur Technique & Radu-Adrian Feurdean, notre Senior Network Engineer

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