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Historical List of RIS Routing Beacons

02/02/2005 - 03/09/2007:

RRC01 / RRC03:

  • Permanent announcement from RRC01
  • Announcements from RRC03 at 00:00, 04:00, 08:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00 (UTC)
  • Withdrawals from RRC03 at 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00, 22:00 (UTC)

Comments:
Beacon initiated to simulate anycast failover from RRC01 to RRC03.

Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
84.205.72.0/24 RRC01 - LINX London, UK
84.205.72.0/24 RRC03 - AMS-IX, NL-IX, GN-IX Amsterdam, NL

30/09/2002 - 02/02/2005:

All RRCs:

  • Announcements at 00:00h, 04:00h, 08:00h, 12:00h, 16:00h and 20:00h (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00h, 06:00h, 10:00h, 14:00h, 18:00h and 22:00h (UTC)

Comments:
Beacons initiated to assist studies into unwanted effects on convergence when applying current Route Flap Damping practises.

Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
195.80.224.0/24 RRC00 - RIPE NCC Amsterdam, NL
195.80.225.0/24 RRC01 - LINX London, UK
195.80.226.0/24 RRC02 - SFINX Paris, FR
195.80.227.0/24 RRC03 - AMS-IX Amsterdam, NL
195.80.228.0/24 RRC04 - CIXP Geneva, CH
195.80.229.0/24 RRC05 - VIX Vienna, AT
195.80.230.0/24 RRC06 - NSPIXP2 Otematchi, JP
195.80.231.0/24 RRC07 - Netnod-IX Stockholm, SE
195.80.232.0/24 RRC08 - MAE-WEST San Jose, CA, US


10/03/2002 - 02/02/2005:

RRC01:

  • Announced as normal

RRC03:

  • Announcements at 00:00h, 04:00h, 08:00h, 12:00h, 16:00h and 20:00h (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00h, 06:00h, 10:00h, 14:00h, 18:00h and 22:00h (UTC)

Comments:
Beacon initiated to simulate anycast failover from RRC01 to RRC03.

Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
195.80.233.0/24 RRC01 - LINX London, UK
195.80.233.0/24 RRC03 - AMS-IX Amsterdam, NL

All beacon prefixes are now announced with additional attributes. We now overload the BGP AGGREGATOR attribute to tag each announcement with a timestamp, a sequence number and the identifier of the RRC making the announcement. These are encoded as follows:

AGGREGATOR IP ADDRESS: 10.x.y.z, where x, y and z form a 24-bit count of the number of seconds between the start of the month and the time of the announcement.
AGGREGATOR AS NUMBER: 64512 + n, where n is a 10-bit number encoded as
    MSB                                   LSB
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| RRC ID | Sequence Number |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Adding 64512 brings the resulting number into the private AS number range.

Experimental: From 25/09/2003

an additional prefix 195.80.239.0/24 has been announced from all RRCs. This acts as an "anchor" to help differentiate between intentional beacon-related routing activity and other activity. The anchor prefix is announced with the Aggregator attribute set as follows:

Aggregator IP Address: 10.255.255.255
Aggregator AS Number: 64512 + rrc-id * 64

06/11/2003 - 02/02/2005:

RRC10:

  • Announcements at 00:00h, 04:00h, 08:00h, 12:00h, 16:00h and 20:00h (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00h, 06:00h, 10:00h, 14:00h, 18:00h and 22:00h (UTC)

Comments:
Beacon initiated to assist studies into unwanted effects on convergence when applying current Route Flap Damping practises.

Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
195.80.234.0/24 RRC10 - MIX Milan, IT


14/02/2004 - 02/02/2005:

RRC11:

  • Announcements at 00:00h, 04:00h, 08:00h, 12:00h, 16:00h and 20:00h (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00h, 06:00h, 10:00h, 14:00h, 18:00h and 22:00h (UTC)

Comments:
Beacon initiated to assist studies into unwanted effects on convergence when applying current Route Flap Damping practises.

Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
195.80.235.0/24 RRC11 - NYIIX New York, NY, USA

06/07/2004 - 02/02/2005:

RRC12:

  • Announcements at 00:00h, 04:00h, 08:00h, 12:00h, 16:00h and 20:00h (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00h, 06:00h, 10:00h, 14:00h, 18:00h and 22:00h (UTC)

Comments:
Beacon initiated to assist studies into unwanted effects on convergence when applying current Route Flap Damping practises.

Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
195.80.236.0/24 RRC12 - DE-CIX Frankfurt, Germany


20/09/2004 - 02/02/2005:

Additional Beacon Prefix, 195.80.238.0/24 is announced as normal on RRC01, RRC02, RRC05, RRC06, RRC11. This Beacon Prefix is requested from Hitech Ballani (hitesh _at_ cs.cornell _dot_ edu) to work on Anycast server behaviours.


06/07/2004 - 02/02/2005:

RRC12:

  • Announcements at 00:00h, 04:00h, 08:00h, 12:00h, 16:00h and 20:00h (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00h, 06:00h, 10:00h, 14:00h, 18:00h and 22:00h (UTC)

Comments:
Beacon initiated to assist studies into unwanted effects on convergence when applying current Route Flap Damping practises.

Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
195.80.236.0/24 RRC12 - DE-CIX Frankfurt, Germany


07/12/2004 - 02/02/2005:

RRC14:

  • Announcements at 00:00h, 04:00h, 08:00h, 12:00h, 16:00h and 20:00h (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00h, 06:00h, 10:00h, 14:00h, 18:00h and 22:00h (UTC)

Comments:

Beacon initiated to assist studies into unwanted effects on convergence when applying current Route Flap Damping practises.

Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
195.80.232.0/24 RRC14 - PAIX Palo Alto, US


Prefix 195.80.232.0/24 was previously announced by RRC08. After moving RRC08 from MAE-West to PAIX, it is announced by RRC14.


03/02/2005 - Present

RIS Beacons were re-numbered and the new list is below.

All RRCs:

  • Announcements at 00:00, 04:00, 08:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00 (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00, 22:00 (UTC)
Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
84.205.64.0/24 RRC00 - RIPE NCC Amsterdam, NL
84.205.65.0/24 RRC01 - LINX London, UK
84.205.66.0/24 RRC02 - SFINX Paris, FR
84.205.67.0/24 RRC03 - AMS-IX, NL-IX Amsterdam, NL
84.205.68.0/24 RRC04 - CIXP Geneva, CH
84.205.69.0/24 RRC05 - VIX Vienna, AT
84.205.70.0/24 RRC06 - DIX-IE Otematchi, JP
84.205.71.0/24 RRC07 - NETNOD Stockholm, SE
84.205.74.0/24 RRC10 - MIX Milan, IT
84.205.75.0/24 RRC11 - NYIIX New York , NY, US
84.205.76.0/24 RRC12 - DE-CIX Frankfurt, DE
84.205.78.0/24 RRC14 - PAIX Palo Alto, CA, US

Routing Anchor Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
84.205.80.0/24 RRC00 - RIPE NCC Amsterdam, NL
84.205.81.0/24 RRC01 - LINX London, UK
84.205.82.0/24 RRC02 - SFINX Paris, FR
84.205.83.0/24 RRC03 - AMS-IX, NL-IX Amsterdam, NL
84.205.84.0/24 RRC04 - CIXP Geneva, CH
84.205.85.0/24 RRC05 - VIX Vienna, AT
84.205.86.0/24 RRC06 - DIX-IE Otematchi, JP
84.205.87.0/24 RRC07 - NETNOD Stockholm, SE
84.205.90.0/24 RRC10 - MIX Milan, IT
84.205.91.0/24 RRC11 - NYIIX New York , NY, US
84.205.92.0/24 RRC12 - DE-CIX Frankfurt, DE
84.205.94.0/24 RRC14 - PAIX Palo Alto, CA, US

RRC01 / RRC03:

  • Permanent announcement from RRC01
  • Announcements from RRC03 at 00:00, 04:00, 08:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00 (UTC)
  • Withdrawals from RRC03 at 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00, 22:00 (UTC)
Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
84.205.72.0/24 RRC01 - LINX London, UK
84.205.72.0/24 RRC03 - AMS-IX, NL-IX Amsterdam, NL

02/06/2005 - Present

RRC13 was put online. Beacon prefix announcement schedule is the same as the other RRCs.

  • Announcements at 00:00, 04:00, 08:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00 (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00, 22:00 (UTC)
Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
84.205.77.0/24 RRC13 - MSK-IX Moscow, RU

Routing Anchor Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
84.205.93.0/24 RRC13 - MSK-IX Moscow, RU

14/12/2005 - Present

RRC15 was put online. Beacon prefix announcement schedule is the same as the other RRCs.

  • Announcements at 00:00, 04:00, 08:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00 (UTC)
  • Withdrawals at 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00, 22:00 (UTC)
Routing Beacon Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
84.205.79.0/24 RRC15 - PTTMetro-SP Sao Paulo, BR

Routing Anchor Address Schema
Prefix:RRC:Location:
84.205.95.0/24 RRC15 - PTTMetro-SP Sao Paulo, BR
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