Dear colleagues,

The third in the 'IXP from Scratch' series is out on RIPE Labs. This time, Thomas Liske and the team get into the nuts and bolts of what it took to set up peering switches and route servers at DD-IX:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/liske/ixp-from-scratch-the-peering-lan/

I would also like to announce that the first article in this same series has been picked as winner of the RIPE Labs article competition for RIPE 89:

https://labs.ripe.net/author/liske/ixp-from-scratch-building-a-new-ix/

Second prize goes to Nitinder Mohan's article looking at the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to Starlink performance:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/nitinder-mohan/a-multifaceted-look-at-starlink-performance-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

Congratulations to both Thomas and Nitinder as well as all their colleagues who helped make this good work happen!

Kind regards,

Alun Davies
RIPE Labs Editor
RIPE NCC