1. 1 February 2000 London Internet Exchange Point Update Keith Mitchell Executive Chairman NANOG18 Meeting San Jose

2. 1 1 http://www.linx.net Developments since NANOG15 LINX 5th Birthday Nov ‘99 :-) Year of Gigabit Ethernet service Expansion to multiple sites Peering governance Additional infrastructure Non-core activities Y2K non-event

3. 1 1 http://www.linx.net What is the LINX ? UK National IXP Neutral, not-for-profit co-operative of ISPs Main aim to keep UK domestic Internet traffic in UK Increasingly keeping EU traffic in EU Not a co-lo provider

4. 1 1 http://www.linx.net Members by Country Total = 91

5. 1 1 http://www.linx.net Recent New Members BBC C&W Europe Concert InterRoute IS Internet Mannesman NTT RML Roka Saunalahti Telenor Nextel Viag

6. 1 1 http://www.linx.net Gigabit Ethernet First deployed inter-switch 98Q4/99Q1 Available to members:  pilot 99Q4  service 00Q1 - 8 members  needed ! Poor availability and support of Cisco GigEth router interfaces has hindered member take-up

7. 1 1 http://www.linx.net LINX Switches Packet Engines  2 x PowerRail-5200  1 x PowerRail-2200  1 x PowerRail-1000 Extreme  1 x Black Diamond  2 x Summit 48 Multicast Exchange Switches  Summit 48, PR-1000, Cat 5000

8. Switch Configuration 1 1

9. Total Traffic Growth 1 1 Max In:1130.4 Mb/sAverage In:583.2 Mb/s Current In:1130.4 Mb/s Max Out:1339.4 Mb/sAverage Out:606.0 Mb/s Current Out:1232.6 Mb/s GREEN ###Incoming Traffic in Bits per Second BLUE ### Outgoing Traffic in Bits per Second http://www.linx.net

10. 1 1 Expansion Sites Primary sites at:  Telehouse, TeleCity Major co-lo provider growth in London Docklands & City area Dark fibre Gigabit MAN with WDM By end Feb:  Redbus Interhouse  Telehouse Eastern extension By end Q1:  Guardian DR, InterXion, IX Europe

11. 1 1 http://www.linx.net New MoU Prohibitions http://www.linx.net/mou-v5_0.html Only one IP & MAC address per port  no 3rd-party switches Wrong netmask Non-LINX assigned IP addresses CDP, IRDP broadcasts Duplex etc auto-sensing Leaking LINX prefixes

12. 1 1 http://www.linx.net Peering Facilitation Help reduce legal bills ! Template Peering Agreement http://www.linx.net/joininfo/peering/agreement-v4.html  Sample inter-provider contract  Non-mandatory Dispute Resolution Procedure http://www.linx.net/joininfo/dispute_resolution.html  e.g. peering  Voluntary, non-binding

13. 1 1 http://www.linx.net Current Non-Core Activities http://www.linx.net/noncore/ Content Regulation  Internet Watch funding and oversight Telecomms Regulation UBM (“Spam”) Regulation Law Enforcement Regulation  subsumes crypto NCAP  Interception of Communications  Internet User Privacy Forum http://www.iupf.org.uk

14. 1 1 http://www.linx.net Other Infrastructure Route Servers Pilot Multicast Exchange  ~10 participants Bid to host gTLD server for NSI 3 Cesium NTP Stratum 1 atomic clocks  “Greenwich e-Time” (really UTC)  http://www.GeT-time.org

15. GeT Networked 1 1 http://www.linx.net Atomic Clocks on Meridian line

16. 1 1 http://www.linx.net Further Information http://www.linx.net/ info@linx.org Tel +44 1733 705000 Fax +44 1733 353929