Internet Peering - Unicast VLAN
The Internet Peering VLAN or ISP Unicast VLAN is the most widely used exchange service. It is the common service on which the traditional Internet Exchange is based and where public peering is done. The service offers access to the multitude of networks connected to the AMS-IX platform with only one connection - making it very cost-efficient. Public peering is done by ISP's, carriers, content providers and the like to decrease network costs, improve performance and increase redundancy.
The Internet Peering VLAN is an Ethernet based Unicast service, enabled to support both IPv4 and IPv6 natively. The service offers interface speeds of 1 Gigabit per second Ethernet (GE), 10 Gigabit per second Ethernet (10GE) or multitudes of these speeds in aggrgated set-up. The peering VLAN is IPv4 and IPv6 native and is monitored 24x7 by our NOC. All members can view their overal live traffic and specific peering traffic (sFlow) on their dedicated my.ams-ix portal. The service details are:
Ports available
- 1 Gbit/s “GE” (1000BaseSX, 1000BaseLX, 1000BaseLH)
- 10 Gbit/s “10GE” (10000BaseLR, 10000BaseER)
- Link aggregation of the above
Features
- Provisioning of non-blocking GE or 10 GE port. In case of 10GE in fact 2 redundant ports on seperate access switches are provided, the member network actually connects to a photonic switch which provides one point of access to both ports.
- IPv4 and/or IPv6 (native)
- Live monitoring of traffic over AMS-IXthrough my.ams-ix.net
- sFlow traffic analysis reporting per customer on IP and AS level
- Free access to the AMS-IX route-servers
- Live Quality of service reporting
- Monthly volume reports online
- my.ams-ix environment for easy administration of contract, contacts and connection changes
IP details
- One IPv4 address (1 per port) and/or IPv6 out of the prefix that is in use on the AMS-IX Infrastructure.
- PTR RR record in primary DNS for the in-addr.arpa mapping of the AMS-IX IPv4 prefix.
- PTR RR record(s) in primary DNS for the .ip6.arpa mapping of the AMS-IX IPv6 prefix.
Service Level & Responsibilities:
- AMS-IX delivers a service from the port to the patch panel.
- AMS-IX is responsible for correct functioning of AMS-IX infrastructure between its switches.
- The customer is responsible for peerings and correct functioning of its own network.
- The customer is responsible for the necessary cabling between their router and the AMS-IX switch panel at the co-location.
- The AMS-IX Network Operations Centre (NOC) actively monitors the AMS-IX infrastructure 24x7.
- Problems can be reported to the AMS-IX NOC. Look here to see our contact details.
The NOC operates during normal office hours (09:00 - 18:00 CET Monday to Friday). Outside of these hours there are engineers on duty that can be reached 24x7 in case of emergency only. - Further details on performance and selvice levels can be found in the service level description
Costs:
- An overview of the costs of an Internet Peering VLAN connection to the AMS-IX infrastructure is available on the pricing page.
- The costs of physically housing your equipment depends on which co-location you choose.