The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world, connecting over 800 member ASNs from over 75 countries around the globe. LINX continues to expand their London presence with over 12 PoPs across the capital along with regional exchanges in Wales, Manchester and Scotland. LINX also operates an Internet exchange in the Ashburn metro area in the US just outside Washington DC.
LINX has completed the migration of its LON2 network to a new disaggregated model using EVPN routing technology on open network hardware. The new architecture employs EVPN over VXLAN, leaf-spine topology, full automation and is 100G ready. The solution, uses IP Infusion’s OcNOS™ network operating system and switch hardware from Edgecore Networks and follows an extensive testing, proof of concept, and migration process lasting nearly two years.
