Tag Archives: Peering

Why we need Internet Exchange Points

Now updated: Nice video about Internet Exchanges Points (IXPs) like BCIX:

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Colocation in Berlin

At Euro-IX Meeting in Prague, there were a couple of presentations and discussions about Datacenters and Colocations. I was asked, which colocation providers are available in Berlin today, and here’s my list for you: Area Lützowstrasse: I/P/B/ Carrier Colo (BCIX … Continue reading

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Swedish Internet Traffic

As you can see at netnods public traffic stats, Swedish peering traffic in April 2009 is only the half of the peering traffic by the end of March 2009. Traffic dropped from about 190Gbit/s to 90Gbit/s. This is because of … Continue reading

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Does your router unterstand 32-bit ASNs ?

As mentioned last year, 32bit ASNs are coming fast to us. Greg Hankings showed up a matrix in his presentation at NANOG45, which software release you need on your bgp speaker to support ASN32.

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Peering

Was ist Peering, BGP4, und was genau macht ein Internet Exchange? Das und ähnliches werde ich des öfteren gefragt, vor allem, seit dem ich technischer Vorstand des Berliner Internet Exchange (BCIX) bin. Auf der deutschen Wikipedia  Seite findet man nur … Continue reading

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New Peering Boy at BCIX: Foundry BigIron RX-8

This week, we received a new toy at BCIX. A Foundry Networks BigIron RX-8: As you cann see in the picture, this Box is currently configured with 8 line Rate 10G Ports, 24 SFP GE Ports and 24 10/100/1000 Copper … Continue reading

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Firefox AS Number Extension

The Firefox AS Number Extension is one of my favorite Firefox Add-ons. The extension is now available for Firefox 3, so it’s worth to blog about it. With this extension, you can see, where the server of the current website … Continue reading

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RIPE 56 meeting in Berlin

Although I was not able to visit all sessions at the RIPE 56 meeting this week in Berlin, it was really important for me to go there. Not only, that I had the chance to see the fantastic people I … Continue reading

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BCIX Traffic on Pixelpark Gigabit Port

Coming soon: Our first 10Gbit/s Port at BCIX .

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Are we running out of AS numbers ?

Regarding a presentation of RIPE, we will run out of AS Numbers sometime between late 2010 and early 2013. The allocation rate is currently about 10-12 ASN/day. Therefore, 32bit ASN (ASN32) will be introduced. The transition phase started on 1/1/2007. … Continue reading

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