Seattle Internet Exchange

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Name Seattle Internet Exchange
Abbreviation SIX
Founded April 1997
Location Seattle, WA USA
Homepage www.seattleix.net
Members 103[1]
Daily traffic  
- Max 16.5 Gbit/s[2]
- Average 11 Gbit/s[2]

The Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) is an Internet Exchange Point situated in the Westin Building in Seattle, WA, in the USA. SIX is a fast growing, neutral and independent peering point. The SIX was created as a free exchange point sponsored only by donations and continues to run without any re-occurring charges to the participants.

As of May 14th, 2008 there were 111 participants of the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) advertising at least 44,782 unique BGP routes.

Contents

[hide]

[edit] Technology

The core of the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) is a single Cisco switch. Participants may connect to the SIX core using a 1 Gbit/s or 10 Gbit/s Ethernet connection (Fiber) or to one of the nine extensions. Many of the extensions are sponsored by the collocation facilities in the building, and many of these extensions support 10Base-T or 100Base-T connections.

Both IPv4 and IPv6 peering is available and encouraged at the SIX, availability is dependent on peer.

[edit] Extensions

The following is a list of the extensions connected to the SIX:

  • Cipherkey: Connects participants in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • ColoCenters: 18th floor of the Westin Building.
  • FiberCloud: 18th, 19th and 32nd floor of the Westin Building.
  • Layer42: Connects to Layer42's MPLS-enabled backbone which includes San Jose, California and Ashburn, Virginia. This was the first extension to connect participants outside of the Westin Building.
  • NSIX: North Seattle Internet Exchange, located at the Fisher Plaza in Seattle, Washington.
  • PAIX: PAIX SEA, which is a neutral Internet exchange point operated by Switch and Data in Seattle, Washington.
  • Swift Communications: 20th floor of the Westin Building.

[edit] Location

Westin Building. The Home of the Seattle Internet Exchange
Westin Building. The Home of the Seattle Internet Exchange

Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX)

Westin Building
2001 6th Ave,
19th Floor MMR
Seattle, WA 98121
NPA-NXX : 206-443

North Seattle Internet Exchange (NSIX)

Fisher Plaza
140 4th Ave North, Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98109
NPA-NXX : 206-505

[edit] Board Members

Current SIX board members for 2008/2009 are.

  • Nikos Mouat - President
  • Jared Reimer - Vice President
  • Chris Caputo - Secretary and Treasurer
  • Troy Davis
  • Patrick Gilmore

[edit] References

[edit] External links