Hi, can somebody point me at or give me some sort of at least semi-formal definition of the following terms: NAP MAE-EAST MAE-WEST Anything would help. Thank you. Herb Kugel

NAP - Network Access Point: Used bby the US-NSF to describe thier prefered exchange points. MAE-East - Metro Area Exchange: Used by Metropolitan Fiber Systems to name its exchange point in the Washington DC area. MAE-West - Metro Area Exchange: Use by MFS to name the common exchange in the SF Bay Area. Shared with NASA/AMES Check out http://info.ra.net/div7/ra/naps.html -- --bill

Greetings - You'll find a NAP definition and pointers to the MAEs at: http://www.ra.net/.how.to.peer.html --Susan Harris, Merit On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Canadian IP Registration wrote:

Hi, can somebody point me at or give me some sort of at least semi-formal definition of the following terms: NAP MAE-EAST MAE-WEST Anything would help. Thank you. Herb Kugel