What is Balcan-IX? 
What is Balcan-IX?
Balcan-IX is the first country-wide Public Internet Exchange platform in Romania. Balcan-IX offers access to IP networks connected through the Service Access Points hosted by National Collocation Center (Bucharest - Dacia, Bucharest - Piscului, Bucharest - NXDATA2, Timisoara, Oradea, Iasi, Bacau, Galati, Constanta, Cluj). Read more in
Products & Services.
What is an Internet Exchange?
What is an Internet Exchange?
Internet Exchange is a place where ISPs may interconnect their independent networks and exchange IP traffic with each other.
What is Peering?
What is Peering?
Peering is the exchange of traffic between ISPs. Peering may be:
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Private - a voluntary interconnection between two administratively different IP networks, in order to exchange traffic;
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Public - a connectivity service to an Internet Exchange platform, in order to exchange traffic between participants.
Who is connected to Balcan-IX?
Who is connected to Balcan-IX?
The list of the Balcan-IX members may be found in the
Customer Area.
Which are the available bandwidths?
Which are the available bandwidths?
Available bandwidths are:
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100 Mbps
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1 Gbps
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2 Gbps (port channel)
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4 Gbps (port channel)
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10 Gbps
I lost my account details. What do I do?
I lost my account details. What do I do?
Please send an email to operations@balcan-ix.net from one of the addresses you provided in the SOF. For password recovery, please specify your username.
What are the requirements for becoming a Balcan-IX member?
What are the requirements for becoming a Balcan-IX member?
What are the costs of the connection to Balcan-IX?
What are the costs of the connection to Balcan-IX?
Information on Collocations services can be found
here .
Are there any additional costs involved in the connection?
Are there any additional costs involved in the connection?
Balcan-IX tariffs include the connectivity service only. Collocation services costs will be charged independently.
Where can I find information on Collocation services?
Where can I find information on Collocation services?
Information on Collocations services can be found
here.
Who do I contact for technical problems?
Who do I contact for technical problems?
Who will arrange cable management?
Who will arrange cable management?
Cable management may be done either by the customer or by Balcan-IX.
What is Link Aggregation?
What is Link Aggregation?
Also known as "trunking", "EtherChannel", or the official IEEE term "LACP / 802.3ad". Link aggregation bundles multiple parallel links between a pair of devices forming a single high- performance channel. In Balcan-IX, link aggregation is available for 2 and 4 Gbps connections, in all locations.
Can I upgrade a Balcan-IX connection?
Can I upgrade a Balcan-IX connection?
Yes, Balcan-IX members can upgrade their connection any time. Upgrade works do not involve any cost, but the monthly fee will increase, according to the new capacity.
Which of the contact data shall appear in the Balcan-IX mailing lists?
Which of the contact data shall appear in the Balcan-IX mailing lists?
Balcan-IX maintains two mailing lists:
tech@list.balcan-ix.net - includes email addresses of the technical contacts; the list will be used for technical situations announcements.
peering_contacts@list.balcan-ix.net - includes email addresses of the commercial contacts; the list will be used for general interest situations (e.g. announcement of new customers).
