Talk 2:
Converting NGIX/DC to gige
•MAX has run the
Fednet peer point for Abilene, vBNS, DREN, NISN, NREN, USGS
for 4 years
•Previously called NGIX/East coast, is meet-me point
(NAP) for major Federal R&E nets.
•Topology was full L2 mesh of p-t-p atm pvcs. No transit
peerings, no common route pool. Doesn’t
scale to larger peer points, but kept life simple.
•Then atm
began to go out of style, and customer nets began push for frame-based
(gige) peering