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; with 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)9) | 20140407 10) | 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… | 15 | Devenir membre du CAMIX : guide pratique pour FAI, hébergeur et opérateur, article de blog publié en date du 18 février 2026, rédigé par Stephane, 3 min de lecture | |
| 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 11) | https://www.douala-ix.net | N/A | It's fully open 12)! 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. | 2017080713)14)15)16) | CAMIX Yaounde - PeeringDB https://www.camix.cm / 17)18) / https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/2554 | Yaounde | Cameroon | 10 | 6.51 MB/s | ·GGC (Google Global Cache) Edge Node Cache Service 19) ·Libre SpeedTest 20) ·CRTV National Radio Station 21) ·CRTV Main TV Channel 22) ·… | A blog article to read! 23) | |
| 2 | CAMIX-Dla01 | The CAMeroon Internet eXchange point (CAMIX), separated PoP located, in Douala, within the CAMTEL's Datacenter facility at Bepanda. | 2018060324) | CAMIX Douala - PeeringDB / https://www.camix.cm / https://portal.camix.cm 25) / https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/2541 | Douala | Cameroon | 7 | 70.6 MB/s | ·AANP (Akamai Accelerated Network Partner) Edge Node Cache Service 26) ·DNS Public Recursive Resolver 9.9.9.9 27) ·DNS D-Root Anycast Server instance 28) ·Libre SpeedTest 29) ·CRTV National Radio Station 30) ·Local Instance of Observium 31) ·Local Instance of NextCloud 32) ·… | ||
| 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 / Table of Actual IXP Players on the CAMIX-Dla02 PoP (with contacts & connection date) / … | Douala | Cameroon | 3 | … MB/s | · | … | |
| 4 | Douala-IX | DOUALA Internet eXchange (Douala-IX), single PoP located, in Douala, within the ST DIGITAL's Datacenter facility. | 20211210 34) | Douala-IX - PeeringDB 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 35)) | A blog article to read! 36) | |
| 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
5)
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” ::
8)
Dossier-Initialisation_Demande-Adhesion_Gestion-Membres_Membres_Association_-_CAMIX – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T94cRWxN83BP8huppueMfkZuUwldb6hO
10)
#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
11)
“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
20)
A temporary locally self hosted instance of a FLOSS Speed Test service :: http://camix.video-unified.com
21)
A local testing instance of the broadcasting service of the CRTV National Radio Station :: http://camix.video-unified.com/radio/PosteNational/
22)
A local testing instance of the television service of the CRTV National main TV channel :: http://camix.video-unified.com/video/crtv/
23)
Test Projet CAMDTV, Diffusion CRTV, Visite Papale Avril 2026 au Cameroun, via Plateforme Peering CAMIX, Published On - 1 june 2026, by Baya, 9 mins of reading – https://www.camix.cm/blog/test-projet-camdtv-diffusion-crtv-visite-papale-avril-2026-au-cameroun-via-plateforme-peering-camix
26)
Network Operator | Akamai Network Partnerships :: https://www.akamai.com/solutions/industries/service-providers/akamai-network-partnerships
29)
A temporary locally self hosted instance of a FLOSS Speed Test service :: https://camdtv.video-unified.com
30)
A local testing instance of the broadcasting service of the CRTV National Radio Station :: https://camdtv.video-unified.com/radioMP3.html / https://camdtv.video-unified.com/radio.html/
31)
A locally self hosted instance of a FLOSS monitoring tool :: https://observer.camix.cm
32)
A locally self hosted instance of a FLOSS cloud platform that lets you store, share, and collaborate on files on which you control :: https://cloud.camix.cm/ / https://nuage.camix.cm
33)
Hosting an F-Root Node - ISC :: https://www.isc.org/froot-process/
34)
“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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Connecting Central Africa: The Rise and Impact of Douala-IX, Published On - 12 February 2026 – https://blog.afrinic.net/connecting-central-africa-the-rise-and-impact-of-douala-ix
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