Peering point speed publicly available?

Fri Jul 2 02:02:11 UTC 2004

Sometimes it can give a hint. However, if the ISPs are following the
³interface name² convention, you¹ll get something like P3-1-2, which just
tells you its Packet Over SONET. That can mean anything from OC-3 to OC-192.
³ge² could mean 10 gige :)

The "2488M" from glbx is nice, but not too common.

It would be so nice if this were standardized between all providers. But
naming conventions are really political - they sometimes provoke huge fights
even within providers.

-- 
Daniel Golding
Network and Telecommunications Strategies
Burton Group

On 7/1/04 8:25 PM, "Cody Lerum" <clerum at transaria.com> wrote:

> DNS can sometimes give you a hint
>  
> [my nets snipped]
>  4 t3-1-2-0.ar2.SEA1.gblx.net (64.211.206.113)  20.436 ms  18.309 ms  17.605
> ms   <------------DS3
>  5  so1-0-0-2488M.ar4.SEA1.gblx.net (67.17.71.210)  17.607 ms  16.982 ms
> 16.971 ms  <-----OC-48
>  6  p3-3.IR1.Seattle-WA.us.xo.net (206.111.7.5)  17.864 ms  19.491 ms  17.181
> ms
>  7  p5-1-0-3.RAR1.Seattle-WA.us.xo.net (65.106.0.197)  17.723 ms  17.632 ms
> 19.045 ms
>  8  65.106.0.50 (65.106.0.50)  38.133 ms  39.197 ms  49.961 ms     MPLS
> Label=101549 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
>  9  p0-0-0d0.RAR1.SanJose-CA.us.xo.net (65.106.1.61)  37.669 ms  38.572 ms
> 36.517 ms
> 10  p7-0.DCR1.DC-SanJose-CA.us.xo.net (65.106.2.146)  37.830 ms  36.524 ms
> 37.743 ms
> 11  ge1-1.CDR2.DC-SanJose-CA.us.xo.net (209.220.168.10)  38.428 ms  38.050 ms
> 37.179 ms <-----Gig Ethernet
> 12  205.158.6.100.ptr.us.xo.net (205.158.6.100)  40.179 ms  39.784 ms  39.444
> ms
> 13  x218.cd9e6c.sj.concentric.net (205.158.108.218)  39.188 ms  39.723 ms
> 39.895 ms
>  
> However MPLS hidden hops may hide internal paths, and any connection may be
> limited to slower than its line rate, and dns entries may be old....
>  
> It's not publicly available at one source that I'm aware of, and if there is
> they don't have my info.
>  
> -C 
> 
> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On Behalf Of Erik
> Amundson
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 6:10 PM
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Cc: network.support at oati.net
> Subject: Peering point speed publicly available?
> 
> NANOG,
>  
> I have a question regarding information on my ISP¹s peering relationships.
> Are the speeds of some or all peering relationships public knowledge, and if
> so, where can I find this?  By speed, I mean bandwidth (DS3, OC3, 100Mbps,
> 1Gbps, etc.).  I am trying to transfer large stuff from my AS, through my ISP,
> through another ISP, to another AS, and I¹m wondering how fast the peering
> point is between the ISPs.  I¹m working with my provider to get this
> information as we speak, but I¹m wondering if it¹s available publicly
> anywhere.  If it were, this could be one way to evaluate providers in the
> future, I guessŠ
>  
> Erik Amundson
> A+, N+, CCNA, CCNP
> IT and Network Manager
> Open Access Technology Int'l, Inc.
> Phone (763) 201-2005
> Fax (763) 553-2813
> mailto:erik.amundson at oati.net
>  
> 