How does the internet work?

How does the internet work? The Internet (from the English internetwork, composed of the prefix inter and network ‘network’ or net ‘net’ for short), colloquially also net, is a worldwide network of computer networks, the autonomous systems. It enables the use of Internet services such as WWW, e-mail, Telnet, SSH, XMPP, MQTT and FTP. In…

Contact

Contact We will be happy to answer your questions about the association and Rheintal IX by e-mail. Information on how to register as a participant in Rheintal IX can be found here. E-Mail General Inquiries: info@rheintal-ix.net Technical Inquiries: noc@rheintal-ix.net Address Rheintal IX Association Im alten Riet 153 9494 Schaan Liechtenstein

Locations and sites

Rheintal IX Locations   Current Locations The Rheintal IX infrastructure is currently available at the following locations: Telefonzentrale Eschen, Liechtensteinische Kraftwerke 🇱🇮 Hub 37, 9492 Eschen, Principality of Liechtenstein Datacenter Feldkirch, Stadtwerke Feldkirch 🇦🇹 Leusbündtweg 49a, 6800 Feldkirch, Austria Datacenter Weidach, VTG 🇦🇹 Weidachstrasse 10, 6900 Bregenz, Austria Rechenzentrum Ostschweiz, SAK AG 🇨🇭 Forren 8,…

What is a Peering?

Peerings The term “peering” refers to the joining of computer networks of equal rank for the purpose of exchanging data, e.g., between two Internet access providers. Data is exchanged in a cost-neutral manner (without mutual payment claims) between providers of (usually) the same size, regardless of the origin of the data packets. For this purpose,…

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Dieser Bereich der Webseite soll Personen, die nicht vom Fach sind, die Hintergründe über das Thema Peering im Allgemeinen und Peering an einem Internet Exchange vermitteln. Wikipedia Artikel Peering: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering Internet Exchange: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-Knoten

Peering at Rheintal IX

Peering at Rheintal IX Here you can register as a new participant at Rheintal IX.   Requirements An autonomous system number (ASN) At least one /24 IPv4 and/or /48 IPv6 prefix Interest in establishing a peering with at least one other participant Network equipment at one of the Rheintal IX locations available – or –…