Today our first node in Luxembourg went live! ROOT S.A. - AS5577 - is the largest network by traffic volume in Luxembourg and is hosting around 5000 servers in its own datacenter in Luxembourg. ROOT is founding member of LU-CIX, a commercial internet exchange in Luxembourg with its main goal to keep local traffic local.
Ring users can connect to rootlu01.ring.nlnog.net
Solido Hosting - AS12617 - provides managed hosting and managed network services from Copenhagen and Luxembourg. They are located at the Interxion CPH1 site and LuxConnect in Bettembourg. To quote a spokesmen: “We enjoy being a part of the internet community and host a DNS L-root node in Copenhagen, peer with BGPmon and such.”
Please welcome our first Danish node!
Ring users can connect to: solido01.ring.nlnog.net
Blix Solutions AS - AS50304 - has joined the RING today. Blix Solutions AS is according to one of their spokesmen:
An awesome colo, dedicated servers and network provider in Norway.
Please welcome our first Norwegian node!
Ring users can connect to blix01.ring.nlnog.net, which is hosted in Norway.
One of the nice features of the ring is the ability to view routing information from a large (and growing!) number of sources all around te world. We can combine this information to create cool things, like graphs which show the similarities and differences in traceroutes towards a common destination. This is exactly what ring-trace does. More detailed information on how to use ring-trace can be found on the Toolbox page.
Here are a few examples of graphs generated by ring-trace which show some interesting things:
The traces towards www.apple.com show indications on how Apple implemented global loadbalancing. The trace towards www.telstra.net is a nice example of a host “far away”, which gives us some indications of the transit providers used by various networks. The traces towards www.arin.net show a somewhat similar picture. The www.ripe.net show some IPv6 traces with ‘broken’ hops in it.
ring-trace can be downloaded here. It requires graphviz and python-dnspython packages on Ubuntu. Bug reports, fixes and suggestions for additional code are welcome of course, as well as graphs of the most awesome traces around the world.
Fremaks GmbH - AS51827 - joined the RING today. Fremaks offers hosting, connectivity and software development in Bremen, Germany.
Ring users can connect to fremaks01.ring.nlnog.net
Inotel - AS44514 - joined the RING today. Inotel S.A is internet service provider founded 2004 in Poland which provides a full range of internet services for both individual and business customers mainly in Greater Poland (Wielkopolska). The company also provides IPTV in Greater Poland and is one of the largest VoIP companies in Poland, providing VoIP services in whole country.
Ring users can connect to inotel01.ring.nlnog, which is hosted in Poland.
MSP - AS47998 - is a whitelabel music delivery and social platform for ISPs. By joining the RING Media Service Provider wants to help the community with more tools and transparency.
Ring users can connect to msp01.ring.nlnog.net, which is hosted in London, United Kingdom.
We are happy to announce that HosTeam has joined RING project. HosTeam - AS51290 is a hosting provider. They offer IP Transit for smaller ISPs in Poznan. Currently they have PoPs and collocation in Poznan and Warsaw.
Ring-users can connect to hosteam01.ring.nlnog.net, which is hosted in Warsaw, Poland.
rrbone - AS39138 - is an ISP delivering Internet access over wireless and fiber in Dortmund and the surrounding area, as well other cities like Sonsbeck in Germany. The portfolio also includes traditional services like managed Hosting and Colocation.
Ring users can connect to: rrbone01.ring.nlnog.net, which is hosted in Duesseldorf, Germany.
We are happy to announce the second Polish RING node! Maverick - AS34688 - is an ISP delivering triple-play services over ethernet in Poznan and the surrounding area.
Ring-users can connect to maverick01.ring.nlnog.net, which is hosted in Poznan, Poland.