Streamline Your BGP Peering Requests with Paperform

Managing Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) peering relationships is critical for network infrastructure teams, ISPs, and enterprise IT departments. This Network BGP Peering Request Form template provides a structured, professional way to collect all the technical details needed to establish new BGP peering sessions—from AS numbers and IP addressing to route policies, prefix filters, and authentication credentials.

Built for Network Engineers and IT Infrastructure Teams

Whether you're managing an enterprise network, running an ISP, or handling infrastructure for a data center, this template helps you standardize BGP peering requests across your organization. Instead of chasing email threads and incomplete spreadsheets, you get a single source of truth for every peering relationship.

The form captures essential technical parameters including:

• Autonomous System (AS) numbers for both parties
• Peer IP addresses and connection details
• Prefix filtering requirements and maximum prefix limits
• Inbound and outbound route policies
• BGP community tagging for traffic engineering
• Authentication methods (MD5, TCP-AO)
• Multihop configurations and session parameters

Automate Your Network Operations with Stepper

Once a BGP peering request is submitted, you can use Stepper to automatically route the request through your approval workflow, notify the appropriate network engineering teams, create tickets in your ITSM platform, and update your network documentation—all without manual intervention. Stepper's AI-native workflow builder connects Paperform to your existing tools, turning each submission into a tracked, auditable process that keeps your infrastructure changes under control.

Professional, Technical Forms Without Coding

Paperform's conditional logic ensures requesters only see relevant fields based on their peering type (public/private), session requirements, and policy configurations. The form validates AS numbers, IP addresses, and prefix limits to reduce errors before they reach your engineering team. You can embed this form in your internal portal, share it with peering partners, or use it as part of your change management workflow.

With SOC 2 Type II compliance, role-based permissions, and secure data handling, Paperform gives network operations teams the reliability and security they need for managing critical infrastructure requests.