If you are in S&D/PAIX's facility, you have two options for connecting to the SIX: - direct to the SIX core via the fiber-meet-me-room, thus no VLAN. You won't get access to the PAIX-SEA fabric with this method, but if what you really want is the SIX, this is the way to go. - direct to the PAIX-SEA switch, in which case you'll need to instruct S&D to enable your port to also have access to the SIX fabric. Your router will have two VLAN interfaces on the port, one for PAIX-SEA and one for the SIX. Feel free to direct further questions to info@seattleix.net if you like. Chris On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Paul Stewart wrote:
Thanks very much... we have a price from S&D for the x-connect. If we connect on the PAIX side (most likely) do we need multiple VLAN's? I had planned on a single VLAN on the port for there - just need to understand ;)
Thanks,
Paul
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Caputo [mailto:ccaputo@alt.net] Sent: September 23, 2008 6:13 PM To: Paul Stewart; Michael K. Smith Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: Seattle Peering
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Michael K. Smith wrote:
Hello Paul:
On 9/18/08 8:01 AM, "Paul Stewart" <pstewart@nexicomgroup.net> wrote:
Hi folks...
We're working on some plans to peer in the Seattle area. Choices so far considered are SIX and PAIX Seattle pretty much....
I was of the impression that if you get a port on one of these exchanges, you can connect to the other one as well? Just looking for clarification from folks who are connected out there..;) Any charges to go between the exchanges or it just included?
Speaking from the SIX side, there is no charge to connect to the fabric if you supply the optics, and there is a one-time fiber cross connect charge of $200.00 US. The SIX and PAIX are directly connected and you can peer across the fabric. The SIX page is http://www.seattleix.net for more info or you can email me directly.
And keep in mind that while the SIX and PAIX-SEA are directly connected,
the exchanges are on different VLANs from the perspective of a PAIX-SEA connection.
If you connect on the SIX side, you can only reach the SIX fabric. No MRC.
If you connect on the PAIX-SEA side, you can reach both the SIX fabric and the PAIX-SEA fabric via a single router port. For MRC talk to an S&D rep.
Chris