bgp.rodeo is expanding to the hometown of its operator… Enschede!

Het is het eindpunt van de trein,

bijna geen mens hoeft er te zijn,

bijna geen hond gaat zover mee:

Enschede.

– Willem Wilmink

I already had GRE-tunnels to my home, which is why I listed Enschede under ‘Network info’. But this time it’s for real.

Thanks to InterDC bgp.rodeo now has a second router with a dedicated link back to Nikhef. Of course, I already linked them up via iBGP and I already started migrating some services, since capacity on the Amsterdam machine was getting limited.

But that’s not all. We started a new (but also old) initiative: Ens-IX. A new internet exchange in… well, not Nikhef :). Ens-IX ports are available in all InterDC locations and in Equinix EN1.

Soon, InterDC will also hook me up with a transit link.

I have to be honest, I was skeptical of InterDC, but after getting a tour and seeing it for myself, I blame myself for not checking it out sooner. InterDC has nice datacenters with flexible options, so check them out if you need something in the area.