An Internet exchange or peering point provides layer 2 switching to enable direct and efficient interconnect for parties who wish to enter into peering or transit agreements. You get a port and an IP, then you get to use one MAC address to exchange IP packets with other customers. So, back in the nineties, Telkom [...]
Also tagged africa inx, internet exchange, lies, peeringThe /16 route being announced by First National Bank’s new IPConnect ADSL-based consumer ISP, FNBCONNECT (AS37028) disappeared from the Internet Solutions (AS3741) local routing table somewhere between last week Wednesday (2009/08/12) and Friday (2009/08/14). It seems their transit via First National Bank’s own network went down. FNB, in turn, buys transit via IS and MTN [...]
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