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jfmezei_anon

@vaxination.ca

reply to elwoodblues
Re: Please explain Peering

In the context of Torix, peering is basically a direct ethernet connection between 2 network's routers allowing free exchange of packets without having to go through the internet (without using transit capacity you have paid for to get to the internet).

Peering in the context of Torix is normally "I'll let you connect directly to me to connect to one of my IPs, but you can't use the rest of my network.

In other words, if A and B peer, B won't let A pass through B to get to C, but will happily let A conect to B's IP address.

At higher levels, "peering" (or settlement free peering) starts to get a different meaning when you are dealing with huge networks.

Some networks love peering because it reduces the load on their transit links and thus it saves them money. Some networks (like Bell) hate peering because they want to force you to either buy connectiity from them, or pay for transit via the USA to connect to them.

pstewart
Premium,VIP
join:2005-10-12
Peterborough, ON

said by jfmezei_anon :

Some networks love peering because it reduces the load on their transit links and thus it saves them money. Some networks (like Bell) hate peering because they want to force you to either buy connectiity from them, or pay for transit via the USA to connect to them.
I'll never figure out why Bell (AS577) will only do peering in the US and pretty much avoids any Canadian peering at all (private or public).

There's more to peering than saving money - in fact some networks it costs more to peer than to use transit (cost to connect to exchange, housing of additional equipment etc.) Performance, security, control are also very important components to peering.

HeadSpinning

join:2005-05-29
Windsor, ON

said by pstewart See Profile :

I'll never figure out why Bell (AS577) will only do peering in the US and pretty much avoids any Canadian peering at all (private or public).
Simple answer: Arrogance

elwoodblues
Elwood Blues

join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON
They'll sink sooner then later.


CanerisErik
Caneris
Premium,VIP
join:2007-10-03
Toronto, ON

reply to pstewart
said by pstewart See Profile :

I'll never figure out why Bell (AS577) will only do peering in the US and pretty much avoids any Canadian peering at all (private or public).
Because they can.
--
Erik - Caneris - Internet solutions and more.

pstewart
Premium,VIP
join:2005-10-12
Peterborough, ON
Yeah, arrogance is the most likely explanation in my opinion - agreed.
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