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'''Reykjavik Internet Exchange (RIX)''' is an [[Internet Exchange Point]] located in [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]], founded in 1999. It is operated by ISNIC, the same organisation that oversees the registration of Iceland's [[Country code top-level domain|ccTLD]], '[[.is]]'. Its primary site, RIX-TG, is located at Tæknigarður (The Centre for Technical Innovation), part of the [[University of Iceland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reykjavik Internet Exchange |url=https://www.rix.is/english/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.rix.is}}</ref> As of 2022 it operates 2 other peering sites in addition to their original site: RIX-KT (Katrínartún) and RIX-MH (Múlastöð, Ármúli 25).
'''Reykjavik Internet Exchange (RIX)''' is an [[Internet Exchange Point]] located in [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]], founded in 1999. It is operated by ISNIC, the same organisation that oversees the registration of Iceland's [[Country code top-level domain|ccTLD]], '[[.is]]'. Its primary site, RIX-TG, is located at Tæknigarður (The Centre for Technical Innovation), part of the [[University of Iceland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reykjavik Internet Exchange |url=https://www.rix.is/english/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.rix.is}}</ref> As of 2022 it operates 2 other peering sites in addition to their original site: RIX-KT (Katrínartún) and RIX-MH (Múlastöð, Ármúli 25).


It offers peering at port speeds of 1Gbs/10Gbs/100Gbs using mix of [[Cisco]] and [[Juniper Networks|Juniper]] switch fabrics. RIX is currently Iceland's only neutral policy internet exchange and is a member of the European Internet Exchange Association, [[Euro-IX]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PeeringDB |url=https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/228 |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.peeringdb.com |language=en}}</ref> As of 2022, it has 27 members and sees an average of around 11Gb/s of traffic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reykjavik Internet Exchange |url=https://www.rix.is/english/graphs?m=galag |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.rix.is}}</ref> All ISPs in Iceland are connected, as well as [[RÚV]] (The Icelandic public broadcaster) as well as international providers such as [[Cloudflare]].
It offers peering at port speeds of 1Gbs/10Gbs/100Gbs using mix of [[Cisco]] and [[Juniper Networks|Juniper]] switch fabrics. RIX is currently Iceland's only neutral policy internet exchange and is a member of the European Internet Exchange Association, [[Euro-IX]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PeeringDB |url=https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/228 |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.peeringdb.com |language=en}}</ref> As of 2022, it has 27 members and sees an average of around 11&nbsp;Gb/s of traffic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reykjavik Internet Exchange |url=https://www.rix.is/english/graphs?m=galag |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.rix.is}}</ref> All ISPs in Iceland are connected, as well as [[RÚV]] (The Icelandic public broadcaster) as well as international providers such as [[Cloudflare]].


RIX has seen a large portion of its traffic offloaded since 2021 as four major Icelandic ISPs as well as RÚV started to peer at a new private exchange, Múli-IXP, which is operated by [[Vodafone Iceland]], hosted in a [[Síminn]] facility (Ármúli 25), which also hosts one of the RIX sites. Múli-IXP sees traffic of around 40Gb/s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ixp.c.is/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |title=Múli-IXP |website=ixp.c.is}}</ref>
RIX has seen a large portion of its traffic offloaded since 2021 as four major Icelandic ISPs as well as RÚV started to peer at a new private exchange, Múli-IXP, which is operated by [[Vodafone Iceland]], hosted in a [[Síminn]] facility (Ármúli 25), which also hosts one of the RIX sites. Múli-IXP sees traffic of around 40&nbsp;Gb/s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ixp.c.is/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |title=Múli-IXP |website=ixp.c.is}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 16:54, 23 April 2024

Reykjavik Internet Exchange
Full nameReykjavik Internet Exchange
AbbreviationRIX
Founded1999
LocationReykjavík, Iceland
Websitewww.rix.is
Members27 as of April 2022
Ports41 as of April 2022
Peak53.3 Gb/s in March 2021
Daily (avg.)11.4 Gb/s as of April 2022

Reykjavik Internet Exchange (RIX) is an Internet Exchange Point located in Reykjavík, Iceland, founded in 1999. It is operated by ISNIC, the same organisation that oversees the registration of Iceland's ccTLD, '.is'. Its primary site, RIX-TG, is located at Tæknigarður (The Centre for Technical Innovation), part of the University of Iceland.[1] As of 2022 it operates 2 other peering sites in addition to their original site: RIX-KT (Katrínartún) and RIX-MH (Múlastöð, Ármúli 25).

It offers peering at port speeds of 1Gbs/10Gbs/100Gbs using mix of Cisco and Juniper switch fabrics. RIX is currently Iceland's only neutral policy internet exchange and is a member of the European Internet Exchange Association, Euro-IX.[2] As of 2022, it has 27 members and sees an average of around 11 Gb/s of traffic.[3] All ISPs in Iceland are connected, as well as RÚV (The Icelandic public broadcaster) as well as international providers such as Cloudflare.

RIX has seen a large portion of its traffic offloaded since 2021 as four major Icelandic ISPs as well as RÚV started to peer at a new private exchange, Múli-IXP, which is operated by Vodafone Iceland, hosted in a Síminn facility (Ármúli 25), which also hosts one of the RIX sites. Múli-IXP sees traffic of around 40 Gb/s.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reykjavik Internet Exchange". www.rix.is. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. ^ "PeeringDB". www.peeringdb.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Reykjavik Internet Exchange". www.rix.is. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Múli-IXP". ixp.c.is. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

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