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Amsterdam Internet Exchange AMS-IX. Erik-Jan Bos <bos@surfnet.nl> SURFnet bv Eugene, OR - NANOG16. Contents. Organization Infrastructure Who’s connected How to Connect Experiments. Organization. Oldest and one of largest IXs in EU Association under Dutch law
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Amsterdam Internet Exchange AMS-IX Erik-Jan Bos <bos@surfnet.nl> SURFnet bv Eugene, OR - NANOG16
Contents • Organization • Infrastructure • Who’s connected • How to Connect • Experiments
Organization • Oldest and one of largest IXs in EU • Association under Dutch law • Each connecting ISP is a member • AMS-IX Bodies: • General Assembly • Executive Committee • Technical Committee • Facilities manager (SURFnet)
Infrastructure 1 • AMS-IX Shared Infrastructure: • Two locations (SARA & NIKHEF, Amsterdam) • Switching hardware, and router & service LANs • Gig Ether trunk, plus backup • 10BaseT and 100BaseTX connections • Dropped FDDI some years ago • Many private interconnects
Infrastructure 3 • Traffic volume (working day, Sw1):
Who’s connected • International Exchange: • National ISPs • European ISPs • Global players • Total number of ISP: 57 • Examples: UUnet, Ebone, EUnet, Carrier1, AUCS, AT&T, RIPE NCC
How2Connect • Connecting to the AMS-IX: • Select co-location facility (choice of two) • Fill-out the Web-form • Sign contract for co-location • Sign contract for AMS-IX connection • Bring your box • Connect • Start your peerings
Experiments • AMS-IX Experiments: • Multicast (MBGP, MSDP) • IPv6 (in cooperation with 6TAP) • Soon: Fast Etherchannel connections • Later: Gig Ethernet connections • Perhaps: More co-lo facilities
More information http://www.ams-ix.net/