Interconnects

Fri May 17 23:47:09 UTC 2002

	(sorry if you see it twice)

>> >A bunch of us are thinking about multihoming solutions for IPv6. For this
>> >purpose, it is useful to know a bit more about how actual networks (rather
>> >than the ones existing only as ASCII drawings) interconnect. So:
>> >
>> >- What are the 12 - 18 most important interconnect locations in the world?
>> >   MAE East, the Ameritech, Sprint and PacBell NAPs, PAIX, LINX and AMS-IX
>> >   come to mind, but from where I'm sitting it's hard to judge whether
>> >   others are important or marginal.

	NSPIXP6 (tokyo) has the largest number of participants (40+).
	6TAP, NY6IX, 6IIX-NY, and PAIX palo alto comes to my mind next.
	check out http://www.v6nap.net/.

>> >- Using private or public interconnects?

	both.  there are a lot of private interconnections over tunnel, which
	should be changed to CAT5 cable.

itojun