Internet Neutral Exchange (INEX) is an Internet exchange located in the Republic of Ireland, with points of presence in Dublin at Citywest and Kilcarbery Park. Peering is the practice of exchanging Internet traffic with peers. ... A point-of-presence (POP) is an artificial demarcation or interface point between communications entities. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ...

The system provides a modern layer 2 ethernet switching network supporting IPv4, IPv6 and facilitating multicast peerings on several vlans, with supported access speeds of 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1Gb/s. The membership of INEX includes most of the large Internet service providers (ISPs) based in Ireland. The Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model (OSI Model or OSI Reference Model for short) is a layered abstract description for communications and computer network protocol design, developed as part of the Open Systems Interconnect initiative. ... Ethernet is a frame-based computer networking technology for local area networks (LANs). ... IPv4 is version 4 of the Internet Protocol (IP). ... Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a network layer standard used by electronic devices to exchange data across a packet-switched internetwork. ... Orange circles represent endpoints, and green circles represent routing points. ... A virtual LAN, commonly known as a VLAN, is a logically segmented network mapped over physical hardware. ... An Internet service provider (ISP, also called Internet access provider) is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. ...

Internet Neutral Exchange Association Limited is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and registered at the Companies Registration Office in Dublin. Each of its members is entitled to vote at general meetings. INEX maintains an executive board of 7 people, elected from its member representatives, and all board members must resign after two consecutive years service. Board members may be re-elected. A Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) is a private company that does not have shareholders or share capital. ... The Companies Registration Office (CRO) (Irish: An Oifig um Chlárú Cuideachtaí) registers and incorporates companies in the Republic of Ireland as well as filing their annual returns. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ...

History

Planning for INEX started in 1996 and it became operational in May 1997 with the the backing of its four founding members; EUnet Ireland, HEAnet, Indigo, Telecom Internet with the objective of locally exchanging ip traffic between Irish based ISPs, rather than using an external exchange or transit providers. 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BT Communications Ireland Limited, (formerly Esat Telecommunications Limited), is a telecommunications and internet company in the Republic of Ireland. ... HEAnet (Irelands National Education & Research Network), provides high-speed Internet access to academic institutions in Ireland direct to European and USA networks. ... Indigo Internet was established in 1995 as an ISP, and was one of the largest ISPs in Ireland until it was later aquired by Eircom. ... eircom Group plc is the largest telecommunications operator in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Internet Protocol (IP) is a data-oriented protocol used by source and destination hosts for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork. ...

See also

• Communications in Ireland

Communications in the Republic of Ireland, including postal services run by An Post, are regulated to a large extent by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources has overall responsibility for national policy and regulation. ...

External link

• Official site - INEX