London Internet Exchange Point Update 1 Keith Mitchell

London Internet Exchange Point Update 1 Keith Mitchell Executive Chairman NANOG 18 Meeting San Jose February 2000

1 Developments since NANOG 15 1 http: //www. linx. net n LINX 5 th Birthday Nov ‘ 99 : -) n Year of Gigabit Ethernet service n Expansion to multiple sites n Peering governance n Additional infrastructure n Non-core activities n Y 2 K non-event

1 What is the LINX ? n UK National IXP n Neutral, not-for-profit co-operative of ISPs n Main aim to keep UK domestic Internet traffic in UK n Increasingly keeping EU traffic in EU n Not a co-lo provider 1 http: //www. linx. net

1 Members by Country 1 Total = 91 http: //www. linx. net

1 Recent New Members 1 http: //www. linx. net n BBC n NTT n C&W Europe n RML n Concert n Roka n Inter. Route n Saunalahti n IS Internet n Telenor Nextel n Mannesman n Viag

1 Gigabit Ethernet n First deployed inter-switch 98 Q 4/99 Q 1 n Available to members: u pilot 1 n http: //www. linx. net 99 Q 4 u service 00 Q 1 - 8 members u needed ! Poor availability and support of Cisco Gig. Eth router interfaces has hindered member take-up

1 LINX Switches n 1 n n Packet Engines u 2 x Power. Rail-5200 u 1 x Power. Rail-2200 u 1 x Power. Rail-1000 Extreme u 1 x Black Diamond u 2 x Summit 48 Multicast Exchange Switches u Summit http: //www. linx. net 48, PR-1000, Cat 5000

1 Switch Configuration 1

1 Total Traffic Growth 1 Max In: 1130. 4 Mb/s Max Out: 1339. 4 Mb/s Average In: 583. 2 Mb/s Current In: 1130. 4 Mb/s Average Out: 606. 0 Mb/s Current Out: 1232. 6 Mb/s GREEN ###Incoming Traffic in Bits per Second BLUE ### Outgoing Traffic in Bits per Second http: //www. linx. net

1 Expansion Sites n Primary sites at: u Telehouse, 1 n Major co-lo provider growth in London Docklands & City area n Dark fibre Gigabit MAN with WDM n By end Feb: u Redbus Interhouse u Telehouse n http: //www. linx. net Tele. City Eastern extension By end Q 1: u Guardian DR, Inter. Xion, IX Europe

1 New Mo. U Prohibitions n http: //www. linx. net/mou-v 5_0. html n Only one IP & MAC address per port u no 1 http: //www. linx. net 3 rd-party switches n Wrong netmask n Non-LINX assigned IP addresses n CDP, IRDP broadcasts n Duplex etc auto-sensing n Leaking LINX prefixes

1 Peering Facilitation n Help reduce legal bills ! n Template Peering Agreement http: //www. linx. net/joininfo/peering/agreement-v 4. html u Sample inter-provider contract u Non-mandatory 1 n Dispute Resolution Procedure http: //www. linx. net/joininfo/dispute_resolution. html u e. g. peering u Voluntary, http: //www. linx. net non-binding

1 Current Non-Core Activities n http: //www. linx. net/noncore/ n Content Regulation u Internet 1 Watch funding and oversight n Telecomms Regulation n UBM (“Spam”) Regulation n Law Enforcement Regulation u subsumes crypto NCAP u Interception u Internet http: //www. linx. net of Communications User Privacy Forum http: //www. iupf. org. uk

1 Other Infrastructure n Route Servers n Pilot Multicast Exchange u ~10 1 participants n Bid to host g. TLD server for NSI n 3 Cesium NTP Stratum 1 atomic clocks u “Greenwich e-Time” (really UTC) u http: //www. Ge. T-time. org http: //www. linx. net

1 Ge. T Networked 1 Atomic Clocks on Meridian line http: //www. linx. net

1 Further Information http: //www. linx. net/ info@linx. org 1 Tel +44 1733 705000 Fax +44 1733 353929 http: //www. linx. net