This document contains ManxIX's rules and regulations which members must follow. They should be read in conjunction with the Memorandum & Articles of Association which govern members' relationship with ManxIX and are available to members on request.

• Members must publish their contact information to whom requests for peering at ManxIX should be sent.
• Members must subscribe at least one e-mail address to either members@manxix.im or announcements@manxix.im mailing lists.
• Members must not carry out any illegal activity through ManxIX.
• Members must not circulate correspondence on confidential ManxIX mailing lists or any other ManxIX confidential information to non-members.

• Members must have an Autonomous System number registered with RIPE or other appropriate authority.
• All networks announced at ManxIX must be registered with RIPE or other appropriate authority.
• Members must not proxy-arp on any peering VLANs.
• Members must only respond to ARP requests for addresses which they have been assigned.
• Members must only present one source mac-address on any one physical connection they are connected to ManxIX via. (Aggregated LAG ports are considered to be one connection.)
• Each member physical port (or LAG) must peer with the route collector.
• Members should announce the same set of routes to the collector that would be advertised to a regular peer across ManxIX.
• Members must ensure that their use of ManxIX is not detrimental to the use made by other Members.
• Members must not install 'sniffers' or similar devices in an attempt to monitor traffic passing through ManxIX.
• Cabling to ManxIX racks will only be run by contractors approved by ManxIX and always in accordance with the guidelines set by ManxIX.

ManxIX members must advise ManxIX of devices in the path between the ManxIX switch and the member’s Layer 3 terminating device, for example media converters, switches, or connections via third party ethernet providers (psuedowires).

All frames forwarded to a particular ManxIX port from a member must have the same source mac-address. On no account should BPDUs be forwarded to a ManxIX port. Members must ensure their equipment is configured in such a way that a frame received from a ManxIX port is never forwarded back to ManxIX. Interfaces must be configured in untagged access mode. No tagged traffic will be accepted.