AWS DX connections - BGP and Pricing

Question

q1.) Is BGP mandatory when setting up AWS DX connections? I had only a few routes and wanted to check if i can setup just Static routes and not use BGP.

q2.) When we use Hosted connections setup using AWS DX partner, will the partner costs will be different from that of AWS DX costs or included in AWS DX costs?

Accepted Answer

See below statement from the documentation, BGP is mandatory for using DX:

> q1.) Is BGP mandatory when setting up AWS DX connections? I had only a few routes and wanted to check if i can setup just Static routes and not use BGP.

•  Your device must support Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and BGP MD5 authentication.

Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/directconnect/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html

> q2.) When we use Hosted connections setup using AWS DX partner, will the partner costs will be different from that of AWS DX costs or included in AWS DX costs?

Yes, that is correct. Direct Connect Delivery Partner's cost would be separate

See some of the pricing examples here: https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/pricing/

AWS DX connections - BGP and Pricing

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