Details of GIX project
Maps of the Internet connections visible from GIX participant’s networks are generated every two hours, ten minutes after full hour. Maps based on RIPE NCC and Route Views projects are updated from time to time and they are used to show input direction on maps.
Note: all maps are in beta version and will be improved to achieve project goals.
GIX looking glass based on MySQL database is available, so you can check how your network is reachable. MySQL databases is updated in real time based on information provided by ExaBGP. Previous looking glasses KLG and MRLG are disabled, because all sessions have been migrated to ExaBGP.
To reduce time required for computations and to keep maps as readable as possible I limit AS path length to 3rd level ASNs (I remove all prepends previously). 1st level is ASN of project participant. 2nd level is ASN directly connected with 1st level ASN (I put on maps all 2nd level ASNs). 3rd level is ASN which peer with 2nd level ASN and 3rd level ASNs appear on maps only when there is no less than 20 prefixes from or through this ASN available.
IPv4 network
GIX (summary) – PNG SVG
EPIX Internet Exchange and Transit Point – AS50607 – PNG SVG
ART-COM – AS33923 – PNG SVG
BORKOW (currently not active) – AS51636 – PNG SVG
CITYNET (currently not active) – AS197572 – PNG SVG
EXA-NETWORKS – AS30740 – PNG SVG
INDS association – AS39489 – PNG SVG
MASTERKOM – AS8200 – PNG SVG
PROMONT – AS47466 – PNG SVG
REWOLUCJA-NET – AS51101 – PNG SVG
TVK – AS29512 – PNG SVG
Rest of the World (data was taken from Route Views Project and from RIPE NCC RIS Project) – warning, files can be big, so be careful when you open them in a web browser
RouteViews – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC00 – RIPE NCC, Amsterdam – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC01 – LINX, London – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC02 – SFINX, Paris – PNG SVG – not active
RIPE RRC03 – AMS-IX, Amsterdam – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC04 – CIXP, Geneva – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC05 – VIX, Vienna – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC06 – Otemachi, Japan – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC07 – Stockholm, Sweden – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC08 – San Jose (CA), USA – PNG SVG – not active
RIPE RRC09 – Zurich, Switzerland – PNG SVG – not active
RIPE RRC10 – Milan, Italy – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC11 – New York (NY), USA – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC12 – Frankfurt, Germany – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC13 – Moscow, Russia – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC14 – Palo Alto, USA – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC15 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC16 – Miami, USA – PNG SVG
IPv6 network
GIX (summary) – PNG SVG
EPIX Internet Exchange and Transit Point – AS50607 – PNG SVG
ART-COM – AS33923 – PNG SVG
EXA-NETWORKS – AS30740 – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC00 – RIPE NCC, Amsterdam – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC01 – LINX, London – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC02 – SFINX, Paris – PNG SVG – not active
RIPE RRC03 – AMS-IX, Amsterdam – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC04 – CIXP, Geneva – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC05 – VIX, Vienna – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC06 – Otemachi, Japan – PNG SVG – no IPv6 peers
RIPE RRC07 – Stockholm, Sweden – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC08 – San Jose (CA), USA – PNG SVG – not active
RIPE RRC09 – Zurich, Switzerland – PNG SVG – not active
RIPE RRC10 – Milan, Italy – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC11 – New York (NY), USA – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC12 – Frankfurt, Germany – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC13 – Moscow, Russia – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC14 – Palo Alto, USA – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC15 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – PNG SVG
RIPE RRC16 – Miami, USA – PNG SVG
Jan 14th 2012 – Plugin to ExaBGP to inject prefixes directly to a MySQL database is almost ready (during testing process). I am going to prepare a replacement for KLG/MRLG looking glasses which will use directly MySQL database instead of Quagga cli and provide more or less the same functionality.
Jan 28th 2012 – ExaBGP works well, so all sessions were switched from Quagga to ExaBGP. New GIX looking glass is also ready. I’m working on processing Quagga dump files with updates (not only full dumps) from RIPE NCC and Route Views projects. When this task will be completed on maps input direction will be more accurate (about 10 minutes delay on data from RIPE NCC and 20-30 minutes on data from Route Views).
More information about the project soon. I am actively looking for new members who want to setup BGP session to GIX route collector. If you want to ask some questions or participate in the project do not hesitate to write.


