Connecting Remotely |

Connecting to GR-IX remotely

The GR-IX Partner Program allows third parties (partners) to resell GR-IX services to any remote location reached by their network. Thus, remote members, not present in any GR-IX POP, are able to connect to the exchange in a technically equivalent manner, but with reduced administrative complexity and costs.

The remote member buys GR-IX services directly from the partner, bundled with transport from the remote location to GR-IX and, possibly, with other services offered by the partner. In this manner, the remote member becomes a full GR-IX member and has access to all GR-IX services, including the public peering LAN, private interconnects, route servers, access to the portal and tools, access to the GR-IX technical support, mailing lists etc.

Benefits of connecting remotely

The remote members are full GR-IX members and have access to all GR-IX services, with the following additional benefits:

Reduced costs, compared to buying transport to GR-IX and GR-IX services separately
One-stop shop to receive the above services together with other services offered by the partner such as colocation, IP transport etc.
No investment in equipment and colocation on a GR-IX POP
More granular port capacities available

Technical

The partner multiplexes several remote connections into a single GR-IX port through different VLANs
The GR-IX port cannot be overbooked, i.e, the resold capacity cannot exceed the nominal capacity of the physical port.
Each remote connection is connected to the GR-IX platform in a manner similar to local (physical) connections.
The remote member participates to the public peering LAN, though which the other members (and the route servers) can be reached,
If the partner can support end-to-end vlan tunneling (eg QinQ 802.1ad), the remote member can also access private interconnects
The partner is fully responsible for the transport between the remote member to the GR-IX port. GR-IX does not specify the technology or any other transport specifications, neither does it set any quality standards (eg delay, jitter, loss, overbooking etc).