[4856] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering versus Transit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dorian R. Kim)
Mon Sep 30 11:42:56 1996
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 11:36:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Dorian R. Kim" <dorian@cic.net>
To: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <324fe2740.c29@databus.databus.com>
On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Barney Wolff wrote:
> Er, why did the exchange operator let you put a router on their switching
> fabric if you're not peering there with somebody? Are there actual
> cases of people with routers at NAPs/MAEs/xIXs who don't peer with anyone?
It's possible that the fabric on which EP is built is used for other purposes.
For example, Ameritech NAP runs on the same ATM switch that a research VPN
called MREN runs on.
-dorian
