cm-ixp-federation
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Cameroon Internet eXchange Points (IXP) Federation | CM-IXP-Fed
The CM-IXP-Fed 1) is a community initiative; whith aims like: (i) ensuring, through informal means, that domestic Internet traffic is kept within the country boundaries; (ii) maintaining the IXP players representatives active within the technical community around the cmNOG; (iii) collectively contribute to building an enabling domestic environment for Interconnections & Peering activity; and thus: (iv) share a common experience where cmDOit 2) is concrete & practical, day-to-day, reality for Cameroonians…
…also, this is the place where IXFAC 3) *really* comes in live 
Credit: this document has three sources of inspiration; where the first comes up in 2023, when the cmNOG decided to manage to IXFAC and the second was two days ahead (20250705), when this online page 4) has been discovered. Thirdly, it's worth noting that there's a team 5), under PCH 6), which asked for review of data used for the IXP Directory Project…
Internet eXchange Points (IXP) Operators within Cameroon Boundaries
| Table of IXP Operators within Cameroon | ||||||||||
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| # | IXP Operator Name | Description | Org Type | Date of Creation | Website URI | Head Office | Governance Structure | # of Members (if applicable) | Observation | |
| 1 | CAMIX | The CAMeroon Internet eXchange point (CAMIX) is a membership-based association which operate three (03) distinct, and separated, IXPs accross the country boundaries. | Association 7)8) | 20140407 9) | https://www.camix.cm | Yaoundé, Immeuble DATA CENTER CAMPOST, Rue Musée National | It includes: General Assembly of Members, elected Executive Committee, Coordination General Operations (CGO) & Staff; and the Community… | 13 | ||
| 2 | The cmNOG associated with ST DIGITAL | The cmNOG has been associated with ST DIGITAL; in order to operating an alternative open, free, neutral & community-led, IXP named: DOUALA Internet eXchange (Douala-IX). | Community | 20211210 10) | https://www.douala-ix.net | N/A | It's fully open 11)! however it actually includes: ST DIGITAL, the cmNOG & the Community… | N/A | ||
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Internet eXchange Points (IXP) within Cameroon Boundaries
| Table of IXPs Operated within Cameroon | ||||||||||||
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| # | IXP Name | Description | Date of Creation | URIs | City | Country | # of Peers | Estimated Domestic Traffic Volume | Public Interest Services (PIS) Offered | Observation | ||
| 1 | CAMIX-Yde01 | The CAMeroon Internet eXchange point (CAMIX), separated PoP located, in Yaounde, within the CAMPOST's Datacenter facility. | 2017080712)13)14)15) | https://www.camix.cm / 16)17) / https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/2554 | Yaounde | Cameroon | 10 | 6.51 MB/s | ·GGC (Google Global Cache) Edge Node Cache Service 18) ·… | |||
| 2 | CAMIX-Dla01 | The CAMeroon Internet eXchange point (CAMIX), separated PoP located, in Douala, within the CAMTEL's Datacenter facility at Bepanda. | 2018060319) | https://www.camix.cm / 20) / https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/2541 | Douala | Cameroon | 7 | 70.6 MB/s | ·AANP (Akamai Accelerated Network Partner) Edge Node Cache Service 21) ·… | |||
| 3 | CAMIX-Dla02 | The CAMeroon Internet eXchange point (CAMIX), separated PoP located, in Douala, within the ST DIGITAL's Datacenter facility. | 20241128 | https://www.camix.cm / … | Douala | Cameroon | 3 | … MB/s | ·DNS F-Root Node Service 22) ·… | … | ||
| 4 | Douala-IX | DOUALA Internet eXchange (Douala-IX), single PoP located, in Douala, within the ST DIGITAL's Datacenter facility. | 20211210 23) | https://www.douala-ix.net / https://portal.douala-ix.net/statistics/ixp / https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/3561 | Douala | Cameroon | 5 | 0.23 MB/s | ·Public NTP server ·RIPE ATLAS anchor (id: 7050) ·DNS F-root Node ·Libre SpeedTest Instance ·BGP Looking Glass ·BGP.Tools Route Collector ·AFRINIC DNS Support ·AFRINIC RFC5855 Service · Redmine Instance (FLOSS Project Management Application 24)) | |||
| 5 | … | … | ||||||||||
IXPs listed: 04
1)
Cameroon Internet eXchange Points (IXP) Federation
2)
CaMeroon DOmestic InterneT
3)
Internet eXchange Federated Assistance in Cameroon
4)
Internet eXchange Points: Africa region – https://nsrc.org/ixp/Africa.html
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tracking the appropriate RSS feed would allow you to get the changelog of the content published via this wiki page
6)
Packet Clearing House
7)
Become a new member: please “mailto:contact+newmember@camix.cm”
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Dossier-Initialisation_Demande-Adhesion_Gestion-Membres_Membres_Association_-_CAMIX – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T94cRWxN83BP8huppueMfkZuUwldb6hO
9)
#CAMIX (Cameroon Internet Exchange Point) l'Assemblée constitutive s'est tenue le 24 janvier au MINPOSTEL (12:45 AM · 26 janv. 2014) – https://twitter.com/danystefan/status/427225785225580544
10)
“Serveur de route fonctionnel – RS up ! Added by Willy Manga almost 4 years ago (2021-12-10, 09h53min53s UTC)(https://redmine.std.douala-ix.net/projects/open-documentation/activity?from=2021-12-10)” – https://redmine.std.douala-ix.net/news/1
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please join us!
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The “Reboot cmNOG” : Before, During and After – ODP
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Cela fait 2 ans … (9:47 AM · 17 janv. 2019) – https://x.com/CAMIXCameroun/status/1085820858222952448
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Introduction to GGC - Interconnect Help :: https://support.google.com/interconnect/answer/9058809?hl=en
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Network Operator | Akamai Network Partnerships :: https://www.akamai.com/solutions/industries/service-providers/akamai-network-partnerships
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Hosting an F-Root Node - ISC :: https://www.isc.org/froot-process/
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“Serveur de route fonctionnel / RS up ! Added by Willy Manga almost 4 years ago (2021-12-10, 09h53min53s UTC)(https://redmine.std.douala-ix.net/projects/open-documentation/activity?from=2021-12-10)” – https://redmine.std.douala-ix.net/news/1
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