1. ARIN on the Road – Halifax
Internet Exchange Points in Canada & a HFXIX Update
Shawn Beaton, CIRA
May 21st, 2015 1

2. You know more about the Canadian IXP infrastructure.
Goals & Objectives
You know more about the Canadian IXP infrastructure.
Evolution
Accessibility
Benefits
Who should Peer
As an organization or individual you can participate and collaborate with us in the evolution and the success of a better internet in Canada
INTERNET
ARIN – Halifax

3. Internet Exchange Point
Layer 2 switching and peering fabric
Physical Ethernet switch or switches with fibre or copper, at 100M, 1G, 10G or 100G bit/sec
Properly and strategically located (easy to access)
Vendor neutral
Non profit organization
Peers / Members base
Mix of Content, ISP and Transit Provider
Services (Route Server, NTP, DNS, AS112)
Low cost solution
ARIN – Halifax

4. Peering: You agree to exchange local traffic
Internet Peering
Peering
Peering, voluntary interconnection between two ISP for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network.
Peering is not transit, customer from ISP 1 cannot access the internet via ISP2, not can ISP1 use ISP 2 in case the internet is “down”
Peering: You agree to exchange local traffic
ARIN – Halifax

5. What is required to Peer
ASN (Autonomous System Number)
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
IPv4 and IPv6*
Connectivity to the IX (Copper / Fiber)
ARIN – Halifax

6. IXPs and Traffic Routing
ARIN – Halifax 6

7. Internet Exchange Point (IXP) – Canadian Vision
The Internet US
Canadian Internet Services
Transit
Peering
DNS Servers
(root & .CA)
NTP
Time Servers
Route
Servers
DNS Servers
for ISPs
R&E Research &
Education Networks
ISP
Cable / DSL
$$$
- IXP -
- LOCAL -
Non-profit
Vendor Neutral
Self Regulating
“Peering”
Free or commercial agreements
FAST / LOW COST $
$$$ US $
Colocation
Data Centers
$$$
ISP
Wireless $ US
$$$ $
Content Provider Networks
CDN
Domestic
Internet Service Providers
$$$ $
ISP
Mobile
CDN
International $
$$$
$$$ $ US
ISP
VoIP (voice) US
Governments
Municipalities $
$$$
$$$ $ $$ $$
CDN: Content Delivery Network
Transit Providers
Domestic
Transit Providers
International
ISP: Internet Service Provider
$$$
$$$
Transit Providers
Network of
Networks
The Internet
Domestic &
International US US

8. Evolution of IX in Canada
ARIN – Halifax

9. Other potential IX in Canada
Community activities
Saint John, New Brunswick
Windsor, Ontario
Edmonton, Alberta
Regina, Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
ARIN – Halifax

10. Questions?
ARIN – Halifax

11. New Start 3 weeks ago (May, 2015) Location Peers (7) Services
Halifax – HFXIX
New Start 3 weeks ago (May, 2015)
Granted a switch via CIRA CIC funding
Location
7071 Bayer's Road, Halifax
Peers (7)
including CANARIE, CIRA, and 3 Universities
Services
NTP, Router servers, .CA DNS, AS112
Contact ( )
ARIN – Halifax