Federal Internet Exchange

Federal Internet Exchange (FIX) points were policy-based network peering points where U.S. federal agency networks, such as the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), NASA Science Network (NSN), Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), and MILNET were interconnected.

Two FIXes were established in June 1989 under the auspices of the Federal Engineering Planning Group (FEPG).[1] FIX East, at the University of Maryland in College Park and FIX West, at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. The existence of the FIXes allowed the ARPANET to be phased out in mid-1990.[2] FIX West was eventually expanded to become MAE-West,[3] one of the NSF-supported Network Access Points.[4][5]

See also

• Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX)
• Network Access Point (NAP)
• Internet Exchange Point (IXP)

References

1. "Profile: At Home's Milo Medin", Wired, January 20, 1999
2. "The Technology Timetable", Link Letter, Volume 7, No. 1 (July 1994), p.8, Merit/NSFNET Information Services, Merit Network, Ann Arbor
3. Cybertelecom :: Internet History 1992
4. NSF Solicitation 93-52 Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine - Network Access Point Manager, Routing Arbiter, Regional Network Providers, and Very High Speed Backbone Network Services Provider for NSFNET and the NREN(SM) Program, May 6, 1993
5. Stephen Wolff (NSF) (March 2, 1994). "NAP awards". E-mail regarding Network Access Points to the com-priv list. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2013.