August 2000
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
12h 44m
English
Q— Are there other NAPs besides the four NSF-awarded NAPs?
A— Yes. As connectivity needs to keep growing, more NAPs are being created. Many exchange points are spread over North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, South America, Africa, and the Middle East.
Q— If I am a customer of a provider, do I have to connect to a NAP?
A— No. NAPs are mainly for interconnections between service providers. If you are a customer of a provider, your connection will be to the provider only. However, how your provider is connected to one or more NAPs, or via direct interconnections, can affect the quality of your service.
Q— Is the function of the route server at the NAP to switch traffic between providers?
A— No. The route server keeps ...
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