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Re: Virtual or Remote Peering
From: Jay Hanke <jayhanke () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:35:28 -0500
I think you are talking about different applications of remote peering. If you connect to a remote IX via transport the routing decision is more along the lines is this packet destined to me. Having a router sitting in the "remote" colo is of little value. It would not help to keep the traffic local as there are only two paths. The router would just forward between the ports on either side. A common application of this is a "backup" IX to pick up content in the event of a failure at the primary IX. A wave service is just a very long cross connect in this regard. If you provide services across the IX and start bouncing things through remote ports (that could stay local). That is a different animal. Jay On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 6:41 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
A company you have a contractual arrangement with vs. random operators of which neither you nor the end party have any relationship with. Which one's unreliable, again? From a technical perspective: router located with IX > wave to IX > switched PtP\PtMP to IX > remote peering service > transit Fiscally, it's almost the other way around, with where transit goes being variable based on locations and volumes. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Måns Nilsson" <mansaxel () besserwisser org> To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net> Cc: nanog () nanog org Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 12:42:21 AM Subject: Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Subject: Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Date: Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 08:02:47AM -0500 Quoting Mike Hammett (nanog () ics-il net):How well does this service work? I understand it usually involves point-to-multipoint Switched Ethernet with VLANs and resold IX ports. Sounds like a service for ISP that would like to peer, but have relatively small volumes for peering purposes or lopsided volumes.Its like buying regular ip-transit, but worse.That seems to be a rather lopsided opinion.You get connections to other operators over an unreliable path that you have no control over, and the opportunities to keep traffic local are limited. Adding to that, it is all your fault since your provider does not do L3 and can claim a very passive rôle in the process. Like transit, but worse. -- Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina MN-1334-RIPE SA0XLR +46 705 989668 YOW!! The land of the rising SONY!!
Current thread:
- Virtual or Remote Peering Rod Beck (Aug 15)
- Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Fredrik Korsbäck (Aug 15)
- Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Mike Hammett (Aug 16)
- Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Måns Nilsson (Aug 16)
- Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Mike Hammett (Aug 17)
- Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Jay Hanke (Aug 17)
- Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Mike Hammett (Aug 17)
- Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Mike Hammett (Aug 16)
- Re: Virtual or Remote Peering Fredrik Korsbäck (Aug 15)