JINX is the oldest Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Africa, and amongst the oldest 25 IXPs still operational today, globally.
Contact information
Questions relating to the INX policy, accounts, membership, eligibility to connect to the INX and other general issues should be addressed to:
The older JINX-PKL and JINX-RBA sites are being collapsed into a larger 15 cabinet location within Parklands IDC-6. Our INX manager should have already contacted you, if you host equipment at these sites, or would be affected by the move. |
Hosting facilities
Questions relating to addition hosting facilities (ie. additional colocation space) for equipment that may not be applicable to be housed at the JINX itself, should be addressed to the relevant colocation provider.
ops (at) inx.net.za
Please do not arrange for cabling directly to the INX; rather work through the INX Ops team. In all cases, the INX Ops team will have to send you a Letter of Authorisation (LOA) to grant access to cabling entering the JINX cabinets.
Physical access to the JINX locations is restricted to the INX OPS team. Should there be a reasonable need for access to the site, please contact the ops team for an access permit.
IP address allocation
The IPv4/IPv6 address blocks for JINX are:
Traffic graphs for JINX are available at http://stats.jinx.net.za. Note that this is under review, and will shortly be changed.