Transcript Singapore Open Exchange (www.sox.net.sg) Current Situation • Network Layer-3 – STIX in Singapore for more than 5 years – Starhub IX and other commercial.

Singapore Open Exchange
(www.sox.net.sg)
Current Situation
• Network Layer-3
– STIX in Singapore for more than 5 years
– Starhub IX and other commercial transit providers/ISPs
started operation about 2 years ago
– Exchange traffic via circuits terminated in ISP router at
Layer-3
• Network Layer-2
– ATM exchange points eg. 1-Net
– Private peering via ATM PVCs
– Presents scalability issues; lacks peering infrastructure
• No neutral IXP at Layer-2 in Spore
Singapore Open IXP (SOX)
Project
• Proposal to create the first neutral public IXP
• Open to all ISP/IXPs (both local and foreign), IDCs, Content
Providers, Business Parks, etc
• Interconnects with non-commercial networks (SingAREN, NUSNET,
MOEnet, Biopolis, etc)
• Aims/Motivations:
– Localising traffic
– Lowering transit costs
– Neutral community approach
– Landing point for foreign IP networks
– Testbed for IPv6, IP multicast deployments or other new IP
infrastructure technology
– Provision of Value Added Services for smaller ISPs (Akamai,
Nomimum GNS, Web Proxy peering caches, etc)
SOX Roles
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Ensure operational quality
Promote bilateral and multilateral peering
Promote expansion of IXP members
Training and experience building
Develop and deliver new service models
Asia Pacific IXP Infrastructure
• Several initiatives to develop regional IXP infrastructure
(e-ASEAN task force, ITU, etc)
• Abundant fibre capacities present in AP region with new
cable networks C2C, APCN2, etc
• To improve connectivity among commercial and R&E
networks in AP region
• Avoids US-Centric routing, for example Singapore
(SingAREN) to China (CERNET) routes via Chicago,
likewise for SingAREN to APAN-JP
• Government agencies & industry need to work together to
develop AP IXP infrastructure
• Interested parties include: China MII, SOX, Ausbone
Architecture
Configuration
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Ethernet switch
10/100/1000 Mbps switch ports
Cisco 5505 router for ATM-Ethernet Bridging
Primary segment/VLAN for public peering
Other segments/VLANs for IPv6, and IPv4
multicast, private peering
• Space for partners to co-locate their routing
equipment
Operations
• Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
(iDA) licensed Services-Based Operator (SBO)
• Cost minimised as part of community effort to
encourage peering among ISPs
• Members only need to provide own backhaul
• Connectivity via any FBO or leased circuit
provider (SingTel and Starhub)
• 1-Net ATM PVCs, and ATM-to-Ethernet bridging
provided
SOX IPv6
• Objectives
– To introduce operational IPv6 service, and to facilitate
the connectivity and deployment of IPv6 networks in
Singapore
– To operate IPv6 exchange point, and to interconnect
with other IPv6 backbones around the world
– To learn from these early deployment exercises about
the efforts/technologies needed for transiting from IPv4
to IPv6, i.e migration issues
– To lay the foundation for IPv6 commercialisation, and
to provide a testbed for IPv6 applications
Singapore IPv6 History
• Started in NUS IRDU in 1996; first ASEAN
country to be connected to 6Bone.
• Allocated 6Bone address block: 3ffe:1600::/24
• In 1999 SingAREN allocated production address
block: 2001:0208::/35 (Currently, the only
available IPv6 production address block in
Singapore)
• Connected to 6Tap and 6NGIX, etc.
Local Project Partners
CiR, NUS
KRDL
Internet
Local Private
Connected Parties
NTRC, NTU
IPv6 only Internet
CWC
Starhub
Pacific Internet
Local ISPs
IPv4 router
IPv6 router
Singnet
IPv6 router
IPv6 Access Server
Modem
IPv4/ IPv6
translators
LAN Switch
Domain Name Service
dial up users
FTP servers
Web Servers
Routing Database
Server
Interop Test Bed
IPv6 Traffic
Monitoring
SingAREN / SOX
IPv6 Exchange Point
European Domestic
IPv6 Sites
DFN Germany
AMSIX,
Netherlands
North American
Domestic
IPv6 Sites
SurfNet
NTT Labs,
Japan
6Tap,
ES Net
WIDE,
Japan
STARTAP /
Internet2
Viagenie,
Quebec
CA*Net 3 Canarie
UUnet
APAN
6BONE
6NGIX (Korea)
SingAREN
AT&T Europe
Merit
Singapore Open
Exchange
Korea Domestic
IPv6 Sites
FBOs/SBs
Commercial
Organisations
Current and Planned
Links
To Participate
• Email: [email protected]
• URL: www.sox.net.sg
Thank You