This is the website of the Virtual Internet Exchange. Virt-IX is
a training platform for (beginning) network engineers who
have no experience with the BGP protocol but wish to get hands-on
experience by configuring and using BGP for fun and profit.
Participating users are expected to have advanced knowledge of TCP/IP,
a Unix operating system (Linux will do) and the basics of BGP. Any
real networking experience on professional IP routing equipment would
be nice. When connected, a participant will be allocated an IP address
on the peering LAN (194.126.235.0/24), a /29 out of the Virt-IX
PI-space (195.16.84.0/22) and an AS number in the private address
range.
If you have absolutely no idea what the lines above mean, you are not
a candidate-participant. Feel free to read on, but chances are very low
that you will be accepted as a participating user of this project.
A word of thanks for current sponsors:
- RIPE for allocating PI-space and
an AS number;
- True for hosting and colocating
of the hardware, including IP transit;
- Scarlet for IP transit;
- Realroot for IP transit;
- Capcave for IP transit;
- BIT for initial setup;
- Juniper Networks for their support;
If you are an internet user and have been redirected to this site to
report abuse by a participant, please send an e-mail to abuse@virt-ix.net.
Advanced users can query whois.virt-ix.net based on the network-address
of the /29 the abuse originated from.
For all other queries or questions, please send an e-mail to
questions@virt-ix.net.
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