28 Aug
2015
28 Aug
'15
9:44 a.m.
Dear Bha, On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:56 AM, bha Qaqish <bha.Qaqish@nitc.gov.jo> wrote:
We are thinking about hosting the first IXP in jordan . What do you recommend to be the design L2 or L3 , And did any had an experience to help us ?
this is a great idea. A typical IXP is based on a Layer2 design with a GE/10GE switch. The IXP usually also hosts route-servers to help peers exchange routes. The route-servers only exchange routes between peers, they are usually transparent to the AS Path and do not manipulate the next-hop. For managing your IXP I can recommend IXP Manager: https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager It is open-source and comes with a great community and developers. Kind regards, Dominik