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2007-09-10
BIX reached the 50 Gbit/sec aggregated traffic.
At 6th September the BIX total aggregated traffic was 50.9 Gbit/sec, and 8.2 MPacket/sec. With this traffic currently BIX is the largest Internet eXchange in the Central and East European region, and 6th in Europe.
2007-06-26
New server for www.bix.hu Today we have installed a new Dual Intel Xeon Processor based IBM server. From now, the www.bix.hu webpage, and the on-line generated network statistic graphs displayed much faster.
2007-06-13
ISZT BIX Node upgrades: One new CISCO Catalyst 6509 (SUP720) switch installed in the ISZT Node, so the BIX core now have two active switch. Between the core switches there is a 40Gbit/sec connection. Now the current member port capacity on the ISZT node is: 24x 10GE (XENPAK), 48x GE (SFP) and 96x FE (100BaseT) port.
2006-12-01
The first IPv6 peering started on the BIX.
The upgrade of the route servers and the Looking Glass page finished, now it supports the IPv6. The first two IPv6 members who has IPv6 peering are the Hungarnet and the ISZT.
2006-09-06
ISZT BIX Node upgrades: The interface card upgrades in the primary and the secondary CISCO Catalyst 6509 / SUP720 Switches finished. Now the current capacity on the ISZT node is: 18x 10GE (XENPAK), 72x GE (SFP) and 96x FE (100BaseT) port.
2006-04-12
The BIX charter has been updated, and available for download from the Documents in pdf version.
2006-02-09
ISZT BIX Node upgrades: The primary and secondary Route Server upgraded to a new CISCO 7301 router. The new Route Servers supports the "A" service category, bilateral peering requirements. More information can be found in the AS5507 RIPE object.
2005-12-01
The BIX charter has been updated, and available for download from the Documents in pdf version.
2005-11-17
ISZT BIX Node upgrades: The link upgrade to 10Gigabit/sec between primary and secondary CISCO 6509 / SUP720 Switches finished, and the primary Switch capacity upgraded with another 4x 10GE (XENPAK) ports.
2005-09-29
The link upgrade to 10 Gbit/sec between T-Com BIX Node and ISZT BIX Node finished.
2005-09-29
Every BIX member's service categoy updated. The BIX charter defines the following service categories:
- A category: Bilateral Peering
- B category: Compulsory free domestic traffic exchange
2005-02-21
The ISZT BIX Node upgrade finished, step 2: Another one new CISCO 6509 / SUP720 Switch installed to connect the backup BIX links, and from now the backup 10Gigabit interfaces are supported. Current capacity is 4x 10GE (XENPAK), 40x GE (SFP) and 48x FE (100BaseT) ports.
2005-02-17
The ISZT BIX Node upgrade, step 1: One new CISCO 6509 / SUP720 Switch installed to connect the main BIX links, and from now the 10Gigabit interfaces are supported. Current capacity is 4x 10GE (XENPAK), 64x GE (SFP) and 48x FE (100BaseT) ports.
2005-01-11
The link upgrade to 3 Gbit/sec between Matáv BIX Node and ISZT BIX Node finished.
2003-08-06
The Main Link upgrade to 2 Gbit/sec between Matáv BIX Node and ISZT BIX Node finished.
2002-12-04
The ISZT BIX Node operator's phone number changed!
The new phone number is: +36 1 452-5303
2002-08-27
BIX Node upgrades:
Backup Link upgrade to 1 Gbit/sec between Matáv BIX Node and ISZT BIX Node finished.
The ISZT BIX Node CISCO 6509 Switch 16x GE upgrade finished. Current capacity is 32x GE and 48x FE ports.
2002-06-20
The new BIX website is ready. The former static html based site was replaced with a database driven design, which includes automatic traffic graph generation and a looking glass function.
2002-06-17
The ISZT BIX Node upgrade finished.
One new CISCO 6509 Switch installed to connect the main BIX links. Current capacity is 32Gbit/sec Backplane, 16x GE and 48x FE ports, another 16x GE ports ordered.
The old CISCO 4006 Switch is used for backup BIX links. Current capacity is 24Gbit/sec Backplane, 12x GE and 48x FE ports.
2002-04-01
The ISZT BIX Node technical operation from 2002.04.01. handled by InterWare Inc. The Operators phone number: +36 1 452-5303
2001-11-06
The new version of the BIX charter was published (hungarian and english versions).
There are plans to enhance the BIX website and to provide additional functionality, like Looking Glass access to the route servers, database driven directory with automatic mrtg config generation.
2001-06-20
New BIX node started: Pantel
2001-06-01
New members: Etel, Novotron, HunNet, Marsnet.
2001-04-01
A new Cisco 4006 switch was installed in Victor Hugo street.
2001-02-22
A new membership type was approved: bilateral only members can connect to the BIX for an increased monthly fee compared to the multilateral members. New rules were introduced for the BIX providers as well, the new charter will be posted shortly.
2001-02-11
MRTG graphs corrected: new values are monitored for links with traffic greater than 100Mbps. (Unfortunatelly the Cisco 3508 switches do not support 64-bit interface counters, so we had to start new graphs with the locIfInBitsSec/locIfOutBitsSec values.)
2000-12-18
Pantel was approved as the fifth BIX node.
2000-12-17
A second Cisco 3508 Gigabit Ethernet switch was added to the Victor Hugo street BIX point.
2000-12-13
A new Gigabit Ethernet link was installed between the Varoshaz u. and Victor H. u. BIX nodes.
2000-11-20
A new Cisco 4006 Ethernet switch with 48x 10/100 and 12x GE ports was ordered for the Victor Hugo str. BIX point.
2000-10-16
Novacom was approved as a fourth BIX node.
2000-09-28
The Varoshaz u. - Victor H. u. link was upgraded to 100Mbps.
2000-09-22
The Varoshaz u. - Victor H. u. link was moved to 3548/1.
2000-09-15
A letter was sent to Mr. Straub (CEO of Matáv) about the problems related to their link (after two years of waiting for a solution).
2000-09-14
The Victor Hugo street BIX point has been moved to its final position and all members are requested to move their links to the new assigned ports.
2000-09-13
New GE port: Externet, new backup FE ports: Interware, Externet
The upgrade of the MATAV BIX switch to STM4 (622Mbps ATM trunk) has failed again, card was sent back to Cisco.
2000-09-10
New members: Novacom, British Telecom, UPC. Moved to Victor Hugo point: Elender, Kibernet, Qwerty. Updated traffic graphs.
2000-08-25
The new BIX charter has been posted (currently only in Hungarian).
The new minimum international connectivity requirement is 256Kbps and there are port-speed based charges:
10Mbps - HUF 25,000/month, 100Mbps - HUF 50,000/month, 1Gbps - HUF 100,000/month
2000-08-25
The new second route server at 193.188.137.1 is operational, all members are requested to set up a peering session.
2000-08-03
The Victor Hugo street BIX point has been upgraded to Gigabit Ethernet and 48 new 10/100Mbps ports were added.
2000-07-01
The operation of the Victor Hugo BIX point was taken over by ISZT and the physical equipment will be moved to a closed, secured room. The new service contract and a letter about the change will be posted to the existing members soon.
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