Belgian National Internet eXchange
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The Belgian National Internet eXchange (BNIX) is an Internet Exchange Point
operated by the Belgian
national research network BELNET
. Created in 1995, it is one of the charter members of Euro-IX, the European Internet Exchange Association.
BNIX peering is available at a number of point of presence
locations in Belgium:
The three sites are connected via 10 Gbit/s connections in a ring topology. BNIX carries IPv4
, Multicast
(since 1999) and IPv6
(since 2000) traffic.
BNIX charges connection fees and a monthly fee, depending on the type of connection.
Internet Exchange Point
An Internet exchange point is a physical infrastructure through which Internet service providers exchange Internet traffic between their networks . IXPs reduce the portion of an ISP's traffic which must be delivered via their upstream transit providers, thereby reducing the average per-bit...
operated by the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
national research network BELNET
BELNET
BELNET is a Belgian internet provider for research institutions. Beginning in 1989, BELNET provides web services to higher education, federal departments and ministries, and international organisations....
. Created in 1995, it is one of the charter members of Euro-IX, the European Internet Exchange Association.
BNIX peering is available at a number of point of presence
Point of presence
A point of presence is an artificial demarcation point or interface point between communications entities. It may include a meet-me-room.In the US, this term became important during the court-ordered breakup of the Bell Telephone system...
locations in Belgium:
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(This location is scheduled to be taken out of service at the end of 2008. No new connections are accepted.)
The three sites are connected via 10 Gbit/s connections in a ring topology. BNIX carries IPv4
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4 is the fourth revision in the development of the Internet Protocol and the first version of the protocol to be widely deployed. Together with IPv6, it is at the core of standards-based internetworking methods of the Internet...
, Multicast
Multicast
In computer networking, multicast is the delivery of a message or information to a group of destination computers simultaneously in a single transmission from the source creating copies automatically in other network elements, such as routers, only when the topology of the network requires...
(since 1999) and IPv6
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
(since 2000) traffic.
BNIX charges connection fees and a monthly fee, depending on the type of connection.