LyonIX is the

Internet eXchange point Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of IP networking, allowing participant Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. IXPs are generally located at places with preexisting ...

(IXP) of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

. LyonIX is managed by Rezopole, the non-profit organization supported by the

Métropole de Lyon The Metropolis of Lyon (french: Métropole de Lyon), also known as ("Greater Lyon"), is a French territorial collectivity located in the east-central region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is a directly elected metropolitan authority encompassing t ...

and the Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes region.

Origin

LyonIX was founded in 2001. The Inauguration of the first

, LyonIX 1 was in 2003. In 2007 LyonIX 2 was created, then LyonIX 3 in 2014. Two new points of presence, LyonIX 4 and 5 are installed in 2015.

Functioning

LyonIX is the

(IXP) of

and managed by the non-profit Rezopole. The IXP develops a Very High-Speed Internet in Lyon. LyonIX is also a NAP (

Network Access Point Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of IP networking, allowing participant Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. IXPs are generally located at places with preexisting ...

), a market place which allows members to buy or sell Internet transit and/or any layer 2 or IP services.

Members

Any actor who has an ' Autonomous System' number can be connected to LyonIX. The members connected to

IXP Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of IP networking, allowing participant Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. IXPs are generally located at places with preexisting ...

NAP A nap is a short period of sleep, typically taken during daytime hours as an adjunct to the usual nocturnal sleep period. Naps are most often taken as a response to drowsiness during waking hours. A nap is a form of biphasic or polyphasic sl ...

are : *

ISP An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet. ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise private ...

(Internet service provider) ; * Internet operators for companies ; * datacenters ; * e-commerce websites ; * large private companies ; * large public institutions.

LyonIX infrastructure

Nowadays LyonIX operates 5 sites geographically located at a distance more than 10 kilometres from each other : LyonIX 1 is on the North of Lyon in Villeurbanne, LyonIX 2 is on the South of the agglomeration in Vénissieux, at

SFR SFR (; ''Société française du radiotéléphone'', ) is a French telecommunications company. As of December 2015, it had 21.9 million customers in Metropolitan France for mobile services, and provided 6.35 million households with high-spee ...

, and LyonIX 3 is on the West at DCforDATA, LyonIX 4 at the Bron airport, LyonIX 5 at the

Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of th ...

Colombier-Saugnieu Colombier-Saugnieu () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. Since 2008, Pierre Marmonier has been the mayor of Colombier-Saugnieu. He was re-elected in the 2020 municipal elections. Geography The river Bourbre forms part of ...

(under construction). The members connected to those five points can exchange the data through peering, fluidify their traffic and develop their activities based on the

Internet Protocol The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet. IP h ...

utilisation.

Services

Public services

The

gives an opportunity to the members of LyonIX to peer with the other members. These

are interconnected to other IXP in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

or abroad. LyonIX is the

(IXP) of

. It allows to the local economic actors (telecommunication operators, ISP, IT Services & Software Engineering, public institutions, large companies) to peer.

Services for members

The members can be connected with : * 10/100/1000 Mbs copper support * 1/10 Gbit/s fibre support

Other services

* Access to « Route Servers ». * Peering between the members via

VLAN A virtual local area network (VLAN) is any broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated in a computer network at the data link layer (OSI layer 2).IEEE 802.1Q-2011, ''1.4 VLAN aims and benefits'' In this context, virtual, refers to a physi ...

; * VLAN for other use (purchase / sale, transit, voice, collection) ; * Network equipment hosting services. LyonIX is also a

(Network Access Point), that allows a purchase and sale of Internet and Telecommunications services.

Partners

LyonIX is managed by Rezopole and supported by the

and the Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes region.

References

{{Reflist Internet service providers of France Internet exchange points in France Internet in France

Origin

Functioning

Members

LyonIX infrastructure

Services

Public services

Services for members

Other services

Partners

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