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Q4 2018 Technical Update

5 February 2019 Simon Muyal Comments 0 Comment

Our technical report for Q4 2018 is now available. Check out the below to see the main actions undertaken during the last quarter 2018: Paris/Marseille interconnection: we launched a tender to deploy capacity between Paris and Marseille as announced during our last General Meeting. We are comparing providers and 2x100G of capacity will be deployed by the end of Q1 2019. We will provide you with additional information about offers to use this interconnection soon. Small and medium PoP upgrade:…

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Le trafic Marketplace désormais offert chez France-IX

4 December 2018 Marketing Comments 0 Comment

Parce que Noël approche et avec lui, la saison des cadeaux, nous sommes heureux de vous offrir la gratuité de votre trafic Marketplace, dès aujourd’hui et sans limitation de durée. Cela signifie que vous pouvez activer 1, 10 ou 100 VLANs auprès des 11 vendeurs Marketplace existants, échanger 100M, 1G ou même 10G de trafic avec eux sans vous préoccuper de dépasser votre forfait souscrit en matière de peering. Seuls les frais de mise en service des VLANs seront appliqués…

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The Marketplace traffic now free of charge at France-IX

4 December 2018 Marketing Comments 0 Comment

Since it is Christmas and this is the season for giving, we are pleased to offer you your Marketplace traffic free of charge, going forward without time limitation. This means you can activate 1, 10, 100 VLANs towards the existing 11 Marketplace sellers, exchange 100M, 1G or even 10G of traffic with them without worrying about going over your peering traffic commitment. Only setup fees will be applied for the configuration of the VLANs. In other words, your peering traffic…

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Rapport technique Q3 2018

29 November 2018 Simon Muyal Comments 0 Comment

Voici un résumé des principales opérations entreprises au cours du troisième trimestre 2018 sur l’infrastructure France-IX : —– Mise à jour logicielle : afin de résoudre des problèmes mineurs, nous avons réalisé une campagne d’upgrade logiciel sur les châssis Extreme SLX installés dans les PoPS Interxion PAR5 et Telehouse2. Surveillance du trafic diffusé sur le LAN de peering : nous avons développé un outil capable de surveiller le trafic de type broadcast, multicast et unknown unicast sur le réseau….

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Q3 2018 Technical Update

29 November 2018 Simon Muyal Comments 0 Comment

Below are the main actions undertaken during the third quarter 2018: —– Software upgrade: in order to fix some minor issues, we performed a software upgrade campaign on Extreme SLX chassis installed @Interxion PAR5 and Telehouse2 PoPs. Layer 2 traffic inspection: we developed a tool to be able to monitor broadcasted traffic in the network. Analysers are installed in every PoP and traffic is classified by protocol. Then, we are able to check easily if there is unwanted L2…

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Global Carrier Awards recognise France-IX as Best Internet Exchange challenger

25 October 2018 Marketing Comments 0 Comment

IXP makes shortlist after entering category for first time Following our success at the Global Carrier Awards 2017, where we won Best Internet Exchange Innovation, we decided to enter the Best Internet Exchange category at this year’s awards. It was the first time we had ever entered this most prestigious category and we were delighted when it was announced that we had made the shortlist. This meant the judging panel of industry experts, telecoms analysts and the senior editorial team…

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Rapport technique Q2 2018

13 July 2018 Simon Muyal Comments 0 Comment

Voici le rapport technique pour le deuxième trimestre 2018, qui résume les opérations passées et en cours sur l’infrastructure France-IX : —- Renouvellement du backbone à Paris : – Migration du PoP Equinix PA6 : Les membres à PA6 ont bénéficié d’une migration vers un châssis Extreme SLX-9850, version 8 slots, afin de fournir davantage de ports 100G. La solution Coriant Groove G30, des boîtes optiques DWDM, ont été installées afin de délivrer une capacité de 2x400G entre PA6 et les…

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Q2 2018 technical update

13 July 2018 Simon Muyal Comments 0 Comment

Below is our technical report for the second quarter of 2018, summarising past and current operations on France-IX’s infrastructure: —- Paris Backbone upgrades: – Equinix PA6 PoP migration: PA6 members have been moved to an Extreme SLX-9850 chassis, 8 slots version, in order to provide more 100G ports. Coriant Groove G30, DWDM optical boxes, have been installed to provide 2x400G of capacity between PA6 and PAR5/TH2 core PoPs. 400G between PA6 and TH2 are already available, 400G between PA6 and…

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Expereo offers France-IX members a free trial of its BGP Optimisation solution

7 June 2018 France-IX Comments 0 Comment

France-IX members have the option to test the XCA Edge BGP Optimisation software toolkit for their network, for free, without any purchasing commitment towards this Marketplace partner. Created and developed in France, the XCA Edge tool was originally called Border 6 NSI, before Border 6 was acquired by the network management company Expereo. For the interested France-IX members, no physical network changes are required, just a VLAN and some basic configuration are needed to set up the service. XCA Edge…

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Expereo propose aux membres France-IX de tester gratuitement une solution d’optimisation de leur routage BGP

7 June 2018 France-IX Comments 0 Comment

Les membres France-IX ont la possibilité de tester la solution « XCA Edge BGP Optimisation », de façon entièrement gratuite, sans aucun engagement d’achat auprès de ce partenaire disponible sur la place de marché France-IX. Crée et développé en France, l’outil XCA Edge était initialement connu sous le nom « Border 6 NSI » avant que Border 6 ne soit racheté par la société de management de réseau Expereo. Pour les membres intéressés, aucun changement de réseau physique ne sera nécessaire, seulement un VLAN…

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