TahoeIX - Tahoe Internet Exchange

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The Tahoe Internet Exchange is a cooperative effort to foster community and regional routing. TahoeIX is the first exchange in Northern Nevada. Our mission is to make a positive impact on our local internetworking community. We help keep traffic local.

Announcements

Welcome to our newest peer: Net NV AS53812
Welcome to our newest peer: Plumas Sierra Telecommunications AS30119
TahoeIX Services AS395651 has been upgraded to a 10G port.

Change Notices

Our first extension location is at 200 South Virginia St. Reno NV 89501.

Why Join TahoeIX?

The Tahoe Internet Exchange connects participants to increase performance, enhance reliability, and keep traffic local to Northern Nevada.

Adds routing diversity and lowers latency.
Access to critical infrastructure (i.e. anycast DNS).
Access to content (i.e. colocation peers and customers).
Access to consumers (i.e. internet service providers).
Reduces dependence on transit "internet" ports.
Keeps local traffic local without depending on out of state networks.
Good neighbor services (i.e. the AS112 Project).

Thank you to our supporters and advisors:

The group of inital network operators that made starting an exchange possible.
Matt at SFMIX for advice to help us get started (and ongoing), the domain names, and a Cisco 3750G-12S for the core peering fabric.
Seth at Roller Network for kickstarting the IX with funding and resources.
Roller Network for ongoing operational support plus colocation space, mail/DNS services, and hardware.
Packet Clearing House and Cisco for donating a Nexus 3548P-10G.
SFMIX for donating a Nexus 3548P-10G for an extension location.
High Desert Internet Services for transport to our 200 South Virginia extension.

We would like to extend a special thanks to the following participants since you can't start an exchange without anyone to exchange with.

Roller Network (AS11170) Since October 2014
High Desert Internet Services (AS32614) Since October 2014
Packet Clearing House (AS42 and AS3856) Since February 2015
Avant Wireless (AS22415) Since May 2017

History

April 2019

Hurricane Electric AS6939 joins peering, our first major carrier peer.

June 2016

Internet Systems Consortium joins peering with F-Root AS395217
Peering traffic peaks just shy of 300Mbps for the first time

September 2015

RIPE joins peering with K-Root AS25152

April 2015

An AS112 Project server establishes peering.
Added prefixes for L-Root AS20144 via Roller Network AS11170.

March 2015

Verisign AS26415 establishes peering.

February 2015

Packet Clearing House AS42 and AS3856 establishes peering.

January 2015

Started graphing summary traffic data.
Started graphing IPv4 and IPv6 networks on the exchange.

October 2014

First two peers (Roller Network AS11170 and High Desert Internet AS32614) establish BGP sessions.
Traffic is exchanged through TahoeIX!

September 2014

ARIN assigns AS63212, 206.41.109.0/24, and 2001:504:3F::/48 to TahoeIX.
TahoeIX is founded.

Participants are encouraged to use the route server to openly peer with all participants - which is core of joining an exchange. Participants may still choose to peer bilaterally with important peers. The value of the exchange is greatly enhanced with open peering. TahoeIX should not be used for a participant's internal traffic.

Anyone is welcome to join the TahoeIX and participate in peering. There is no minimum prefix size on the exchange, although individual peers may have a minimum prefix length at their discretion. Both IPv4 and IPv6 is supported. TahoeIX does not have a membership fee. The exchange is supported by sponsors and donations.

Peering is bilateral with the exception of route servers. There is no MLPA.
BGP4 (or its successor) is used for peering and peers must set NEXT_HOP_SELF if advertising routes from other TahoeIX participants.
Participants may not point default or statically route.
Participants may not use another participant's resources without permission.
Broadcast traffic may not be delivered to the exchange except as needed for normal operation and troubleshooting.
Participants may not sniff traffic between other participants.
Participants may only utilize a single layer-2 MAC address to place a single layer-3 router per port allocated.
Participants must make valid contact information and relevant documentation available at all times.
No exchange participant may harm the exchange or other participants.
Participants may only peer at a single location. The peering fabric is built on significant donated connectivity, physical space, power, and additional infrastructure, with the express intention as a peering fabric and not a transport or carrier replacement.
Participants must utilize an ASN (autonomous system number) that is allocated by an RIR (regional internet registry), such as ARIN. Private or reserve ASN are not acceptable.
Only the following Ethertypes will be allowed: 0x0800 (IPv4), 0x0806 (ARP), 0x86dd (IPv6).

Participants are encouraged to create a PeeringDB entry for their AS if they don't already have one, however it is not mandatory for peering. Some participating peers may require a PeeringDB entry.

Because we are a small regional IX, closed or selective peering policies with minimum requirements are not suggested. We do ask that peers with such policies at larger exchanges consider making an exception at TahoeIX to help us grow, but peers are not required to do so. All peers are welcome to connect at TahoeIX.

A BGP session to Route Server #1 is required for the looking glass. If you do not wish to use route servers for peering please tag your routes with the appropriate community or contact us to request filtering. A connection to Route Server #2 is optional.

BGP Communities

The following communities are processed by the route server, but are not propagated to peers.

Standard Community String	Large Community String
0:63212	63212:0:0	Do not announce to any peer
63212:peer-as	63212:1:peer-as	Announce to peer-as
0:peer-as	63212:0:peer-as	Do not advertise to peer-as

The default behavior is to advertise to all peers.

How to Join TahoeIX

To connect at Roller Network "Airway": Request a cross connect from Roller Network.

To connect at 200 South Virginia "200SV": Request a cross connect to Suite 650 from Deep Edge.

To join TahoeIX please send the following information to info < at > tahoeix < dot > org :

Public Information (for the website) AS Number: Organization Name: Organization URL: Short Description: Private Information (for provisioning and contact) Router MAC Address: Tech Name: Tech Email: Tech Phone: NOC Phone: NOC Email: Peering Email: IPv6: yes/no

Description should be brief like "Internet Service Provider" or "Global Registry Services".
IP addresses will be assigned to you and added to the website.
Private information will only be available to TahoeIX and other peers.
MAC address will not be shared with other peers.

We are using BIRD for our BGP route servers. Looking glass: ~~www.tahoeix.org/lg~~ temporarily unavailable

Active Peers

Peer or Name	AS	Speed	IP	Location	Notes
TahoeIX Route Server #1	63212	1G	206.41.109.2 2001:504:3F::2/64	Airway
TahoeIX Route Server #2	63212	1G	206.41.109.3 2001:504:3F::3/64	Airway
Roller Network	11170	1G	206.41.109.10 2001:504:3F::2BA2/64	Airway	Colocation Datacenter L-Root (AS20144)
High Desert Internet Services	32614	10G	206.41.109.11 2001:504:3F::7F66/64	200SV	Internet Service Provider
Avant Wireless	22415	300M	206.41.109.12	Airway	Internet Service Provider
Net NV	53812	1G	206.41.109.13	Airway	Net NV is a locally owned ISP based out of Reno, Nevada that delivers high speed internet at affordable prices!
Packet Clearing House	3856	1G	206.41.109.14 2001:504:3F::F10/64	Airway	PCH Research
WoodyNet	42	1G	206.41.109.15 2001:504:3F::2A/64	Airway	PCH DNS Anycast
Two P	6140	1G	206.41.109.16 2001:504:3F::17FC/64	Airway	Enterprise
Plumas Sierra Telecommunications	30119	10G	206.41.109.17 2001:504:3f::75a7	200SV	Internet Service Provider
AS112 Project	112	1G	206.41.109.18 2001:504:3F::70/64	Airway	as112.rollernet.us
RIPE NCC	25152	1G	206.41.109.19 2001:504:3F::6240/64	Airway	K-Root Operator
Internet Systems Consortium	395217	1G	206.41.109.20 2001:504:3F::6:7D1/64	Airway	F-Root, Anycast Services
TahoeIX	395651	10G	206.41.109.21 2001:504:3F::6:983/64	Airway	TahoeIX Services Google Global Cache Netskrt Systems
Hurricane Electric	6939	10G	206.41.109.22 2001:504:3F::1B1B/64	Airway	Internet Service Provider
Google Global Cache	36040	4x10G	206.41.109.23 2001:504:3F::8CC8/64	Airway	Google Content Note: Learns BGP routes from Route Servers.
Magnusson Institute	398896	10G	206.41.109.24	Airway	Magnusson Institute Membership Services (privacy.app)

Some peers may send you more prefixes with a direct session than through the route servers. The route servers are a quick start option, and we encourage reaching out to peers to establish direct sessions.

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