[ixpmanager] Peering in IXP manager and at switch level.

[Nick Hilliard (INEX)]

Haider Ali wrote on 09/07/2019 09:31:
> Like will the operator specify in the switch that the data coming from 
> the port of Amazon can be sent to Google? So, the question is how are 
> the ISPs identified on switch level and how forwarding based on peering 
> happens on switch level?

an ixp peering lan is a single broadcast domain. Each network on the LAN 
can set up bgp sessions to any other network without the IXP operator 
doing anything special.

In fact, the whole point of IXP peering is that it doesn't need IXP 
operator input to make it work.

Nick