While cleaning up some old mail, I came across this old note about the early days of interconnecting networks. I especially like the error counters, it appears congestion/packet drops have been a peering issue since the very earliest days. Circa September 1999: ==================================== Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX) - ---------------------------------- The T1 Line to CERFNet became operational linking CERFNet to the other CIX member network providers (Alternet and PSINet). Traffic statistics are being gathered via SNMP and reports are being generated. The following report outlines CIX-WEST usage for the month of August 1991. CIX In Out Member Octets Packets Errors Octets Packets Errors - ------------ -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Alternet 6405681877 23290775 2823 2436041753 18012204 0 CERFNet 185674302 1922536 453890 564414690 3092209 0 PSINet 2615511850 18930171 34 6166635910 22541248 6777 Starting: Aug 7 1991 at 09:27 Ending: Aug 31 1991 at 23:54 SNMP Polling Intervals: 2590 SNMP Polling Frequency: 15 minutes In - data entering the CIX member network Out - data exiting the CIX member network At the present time, approximately 370 networks within Alternet, CERFNet, and PSINet are using the CIX-WEST. Send mail to info@cix.org for information regarding the CIX. Mark Fedor fedor@psi.com