To ask it better. If a POP has multiple routers, segmenting makes sense. If a POP only has a single router, that's the only sword you have to do battle with, so it's the sword you use. ----- Mike Hammett FD-IX https://fd-ix.com/ DNA Communications https://www.dnacom.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett via NANOG" <nanog@lists.nanog.org> To: sronan@ronan-online.com Cc: nanog@lists.nanog.org, "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net> Sent: Monday, May 4, 2026 8:07:25 AM Subject: Re: "Peering Router" To learn, not to argue: Why? ----- Mike Hammett FD-IX https://fd-ix.com/ DNA Communications https://www.dnacom.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: sronan@ronan-online.com To: nanog@lists.nanog.org Cc: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net>, nanog@lists.nanog.org Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2026 8:27:41 PM Subject: Re: "Peering Router" Lots of networks segregate duties, so they may not want a peering connection a router they primarily use for downstream client connections. Translated, they sell services in that market, but don’t want to transit traffic on that same router. Shane
On Apr 30, 2026, at 8:41 PM, Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
Not that we have expected everyone we talked to would join our IX, but the answer that some gave puzzled me. There have been a few variations of "We don't have a peering router in that market."
All routers peer, so what does that mean to you? How do people use that term?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
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