INEX News
In this article, we talk about the new route servers that we deployed across all three peering platforms at INEX during February 2019 and, particularly, RPKI support. Most route server instances at internet exchanges (IXPs) perform prefix filtering based on route/route6 objects published by internet routing registries (IRRDBs). INEX members would be used to creating these through RIPE’s database. However there are many other registries and the data quality of…
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Happy RPKI Day at INEX! We have gone ‘all in’ with RPKI and as of the early hours of this morning, 1) RPKI is fully implemented in IXP Manager’s router configuration generator for Bird v2 🎉 This will be released in the coming weeks as IXP Manager v5. 2) Bird’s Eye, INEX’s micro service for programmatic / API access to Bird was upgraded to support Bird v2. To test both…
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With the release of IXP Manager v4.9.0 on 7 January, 2019, a two year project to migrate the underlying application development framework for IXP Manager has been successfully completed. The new Laravel framework enables automation of a number of back-end processes in the development of the IXP Manager platform, delivering cost savings on developer time by removing repeatable tasks and reducing the requirement for bug fixing. In the application development…
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INEX port charges have once again been reduced for 2019. With reductions of up to 20% on 2018 charges, INEX is committed to delivering good value to members. These reductions have been made possible by the implementation of further efficiencies in the running of the IXP via IXP Manager and additional members coming on board and sharing the operating costs. For 2019, 100GE ports will be €23,400 (MRC €1,950) for…
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Following a brief period of illness, Barry Rhodes died on September 21st 2018. He joined INEX in 2013 and under his leadership the organisation has developed into one of the most respected IXPs in the world. The INEX team, membership and the wider internet community are grateful for his enormous contribution both professionally and personally. Barry casually exuded gravitas that naturally won peoples’ confidence and respect. His ease at being…
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As part of the largest ever investment in the internet exchange’s infrastructure, INEX has selected Coriant’s Groove G30 interconnect platform to deliver 100G connectivity between its Dublin sites. Going live overnight tonight (11 October 2017), upgrading the metro connectivity to be 100G capable will future-proof the exchange’s services, and provides the capability to add additional capacity on an incremental basis. Sites will initially be connected at 200G across INEX’s dark…
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The Camden Court Hotel on Camden Street Dublin will be the location for the next INEX meeting on Thursday, 14th September. Registration on the day starts at 12:30 with presentations due to begin at 1pm. A great line of speakers including Veronica McKillop from Microsoft who will be talking about IPv6, Marijana Novakovic from LinkedIn who will be looking at developing peering tools, Linda Doyle from CONNECT at Trinity College…
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The INEX meeting and AGM will take place tomorrow, Thursday, 30th March, in the Marker Hotel from 1pm (registration opens at 12.30pm). The outline agenda for the meeting is: 1pm Welcome and introductions 1.10pm Nick Hilliard – BGP Large Communities 1.30pm Update from Operations – Barry O’Donovan 1.45 pm David Malone – What a difference a second makes 2.25pm Update from…
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INEX, Ireland’s internet peering point, has selected Arista Networks as the vendor to support the upgrade of the exchange infrastructure’s core from 10Gigabit to 100Gigabit on LAN1 in Dublin. The 100G upgrade is part of a €300K investment in the exchanges’ infrastructure and will be rolled out in Q1 2017. The Arista 7280R series was selected for INEX’s Dublin LAN1 infrastructure following extensive testing of multiple 100G platforms currently available…
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The INEX March meeting will take place on Thursday, 30th March in the Marker Hotel at Grand Canal Quay in Dublin 2. This meeting will incorporate the INEX AGM. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 12:30pm with registrations and coffee with presentations beginning at 1pm. The meeting, which is scheduled to finish at 5pm, will be followed by drinks and food in HQ Bar/Restaurant next door to the Marker…
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