FD-IX Explainer video on Internet Peering and exchanges
Explainer video about what an Internet exchange point (IXP) is and how peering works. Making the internet better through peering.
Internet Architecture
Interconnection, peering, Data centers. How the Internet works. IXPs, transit, and other topics. Routing and Control Planes such as BGP and OSPF protocols. RPKI and IP resources are also covered.
Remote Peering
Martin J. Levy from Cloudflare did a presentation about remote peering possibly being a bad thing. In this presentation, he brings up several valid points. https://www.globalpeeringforum.org/pastEvents/gpf14/presentations/Wed_2_MartinLevy_remote_peering_is_bad_for.pdf Some thoughts of my own. Yes, remote peering is happening. One thing touched upon is the layer3 vs layer2 traffic. We at MidWest-IX only allow remote peering at a … Read more
BGP Monitoring RFC 7854
This document defines the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP), which can be used to monitor BGP sessions.
How I learned to love BGP communities and so can you
For the purpose of part one of this article we will talk about communities and how they can be utilized for traffic coming into your network
BGP Confederations
BGP confederation is a method to use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to subdivide a single autonomous system (AS) into multiple internal sub-AS’s
The problem with peering from a logistics standpoint
Many ISPs run into this problem as part of their growing pains. This scenario usually starts happening with their third or 4th peer.
Transit, peer, upstream. What do they all mean?
As you dive into the realm of BGP, you will hear many terms in regards to peers. Knowing their names AND your definition of them will serve you well.
BGP communities and traffic engineering
For the purpose of part one of this article, we will talk about communities and how they can be utilized for traffic coming into your network.
Transit, peer, downstream..what do they all mean?
As a service provider you have a mountain of terms to deal with. As you dive into the realm of BGP, you will hear many terms in regards to peers. Knowing their names AND your definition of them will serve you well. I emphasized the and in the last sentence because many people have different … Read more
IPV6 Planning and Implementation resources for the Internet Service Provider (ISP)
This post is designed to give you a lot of information on implementing IPV6 into your network. Much of this has been aimed at the service provider market.
Are you ready for 768k day?
As the global routing table increases, routers use more and more memory to hold these tables in memory. Most routers use what is called TCAM memory to hold routing tables. TCAM memory is much faster than normal RAM, which makes it ideal for accessing large routing tables on a router. However, TCAM is generally viewed … Read more
Where does TRILL and VXLAN fit in to your network strategy?
As networking trends yo-yo between layer-3 and layer-2 centric different protocols have emerged. Protocols such as Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL), Shortest Path Bridging (SPB), and Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) have emerged to address the need of scalability at Layer2. Cloud scalability, spanning tree bridging issues, and big broadcast networks start to become … Read more