Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is not merely a protocol—it’s the backbone of the...
Where do networks interconnect?
As end-users, we expect to connect to an Internet Service Provider which will take our packets and deliver them to all...
What should your peering policy look like?
As discussed in earlier posts, as networks grow larger it starts making sense to exchange traffic with other networks...
Peering Request Etiquette
At home, we pay an ISP to transport our packets to and from the rest of the world. Most organizations do the same. But...
Configuring Internet Exchanges in Noction IRP 2.1
Conventional wisdom leads us to believe that interconnects between peering partners in an Exchange that is shorter...
Routing optimization for Internet Exchange traffic
There are various techniques for optimizing traffic routing across multiple transit providers available in a network....