Northern Lights Local Exchange Point
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| Name | Northern Lights Local Exchange Point |
| Abbreviation | NLLXP |
| Founded | May 2000 |
| Location | Minneapolis, MN USA |
| Members | 22 |
The Northern Lights Local Exchange Point (NLLXP) is a free Internet Exchange service (IXP) operating in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the USA. The NLLXP service is operated using staff and facilities provided by the Northern Lights GigaPoP[1], an Internet2 project of the University of Minnesota Office of Information and Technology[2].
As of March 29th, 2008 there were 22 members participating in the NLLXP[3][4], advertising 403 unique BGP routes from 101 originating autonomous systems. NLLXP participants include Internet content creators, Internet service hosting providers, and Internet access providers.
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[edit] Technology
The core of the Northern Lights Local Exchange Point (NLLXP) is a single Juniper Networks T640 router, acting as a Layer-3 IXP[5].
The NLLXP core router is located at 90 Church Street, on the campus of the University of Minnesota. Using Metro Ethernet, the NLLXP service has been extended to an ethernet switch located in the Minnesota Gateway[6] colocation facility, where most commercial members connect. Cross-connects from the NLLXP ethernet switch are available within the Minnesota Gateway colocation facility. Extensions of these cross-connects to other locations using Metro Ethernet or intercity managed wavelength are available from several carriers[7].
[edit] Location
Northern Lights Local Exchange Point
- 90 Church St SE
- Minneapolis, MN 55455
- NPA-NXX: 612-625
- CLLI: MPLSMNUM
NLLXP Extension at Minnesota Gateway
- 511 11th Av S #261
- Minneapolis, MN 55415
- NPA-NXX: 612-341
- CLLI: MPLSMNCD
[edit] Contact
- Myron Lowe (Office of Information and Technology, University of Minnesota), NLLXP Administrator
- Tom Peiffer (Networking and Telecommunications Services, University of Minnesota), NLLXP Engineer
[edit] References
- ^ official site of the Northern Lights GigaPoP (Internet2 gateway project of the University of Minnesota)
- ^ Official site of the University of Minnesota Office of Information and Technology
- ^ a VISI Looking Glass provides an up-to-date list of NLLXP participants
- ^ http://www.robtex.com/as/as57.html MERIT Routing Arbiter Database entry describing the Northern Lights GigaPoP
- ^ [http://www.sanog.org/resources/sanog8/sanog8-ixp-tutorial-woodcock-upad.pdf Woodcock and Upadhaya - presentation to SANOG VIII describing Layer-3 IXP architecture
- ^ official site of Minnesota Gateway colocation facility
- ^ carriers colocated at Minnesota Gateway
