gaurab-ixp-tutorial

Internet Exchange PointGaurab Raj UpadhayaSANOG VII - 22 January, 2006IXP TutorialWhat is an Internet eXchange Point (IXP) ?• Internet eXchange Points (IXPs) are the most critical part of the Internet’s Infrastructure. It is the meeting point where ISPs interconnect with one another. With out IXPs, there would be no Internet. Interconnecting with other networks is the essence of the Internet. ISPs must interconnect with other networks to provide Internet services.• Private and Bi-Lateral Peering are considered to be a type of IXP.Why Connect to an IXP?• Save Money• Save more money• Save more more more moneyBackground• The Internet is a decentralized network of autonomous commercial interests• Internet Service Providers (ISPs) operate by exchanging traffic at their borders, propagating data from its source to its destination• This exchange can be settlement-free (“Peering”) or paid (“Transit”)Why This is Important• If you have no domestic Internet exchange facility, your domestic ISPs must purchase transit from foreign ISPs• The large foreign ISPs who sell transit are American, Japanese, and British• This is an expensive and unnecessary exportation of capital to developed nations at the expense of your domestic Internet industrySecond-Order Benefits of Domestic Exchange• A strong domestic Internet industry creates high-paying knowledge-worker jobs• Domestic traffic exchange reduces the importation of Foreign content and cultural ...