[113608] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IXP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex H. Ryu)
Fri Apr 17 11:13:12 2009
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:13:03 -0500
From: "Alex H. Ryu" <r.hyunseog@ieee.org>
To: "Sharlon R. Carty" <me@sharloncarty.net>
In-Reply-To: <be487e8b0904170711u500136cfl74977a9d4d0587ba@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Theorically it's doable.
But mostly No to your questions.
IXP means Internet eXchange Point.
So it is public Internet. Why do you want to use private IP address ?
Most RIR allocate /24 unit for IXP.
For troubleshooting purpose, it is better to use public IP address as it
is designed.
Unless you want to have MPLS/VPN only connections, and use private IP
Addr/ASN between them.
Sharlon R. Carty wrote:
> Hello NANOG,
>
> I like would to know what are best practices for an internet exchange. I
> have some concerns about the following;
> Can the IXP members use RFC 1918 ip addresses for their peering?
> Can the IXP members use private autonomous numbers for their peering?
>
> Maybe the answer is obviuos, but I like to know from any IXP admins what
> their setup/experiences have been.
>
>
