Namex provides an alternative to the physical interconnect in the Meet-Me Infrastructure (PNI) allowing the use of a dedicated VLAN on the switching platform to set up Point-to-Point connections at a price which is lower than the equivalent peering port.
This is useful to quickly deploy an interconnection between members to deliver services, such as those offered from the Namex Marketplace portal, in a very short time and with the advantage of a remote configuration that can be activated without access to the facilities.
By using the switching platform the traffic can also be monitored to obtain telemetry statistics.
We support a different dedicated port at 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps or 100 Gbps on which you can configure any number of Point-to-Point VLANs.
A VPNI can be established between two parties (P2P) or as a closed group of 3 or more connected parties (isolated broadcast domain), VPNIs are identified by unique VLAN tags assigned by NAMEX.
The VPNI service is provided through a dedicated port on the Switching Platform, available interface types and cabling are the following:
Interface type |
Cable |
Connector |
Wavelength |
1000BASE-TX |
UTP CAT6 |
RJ45 |
n/a |
1000BASE-SX |
MMF |
LC/PC |
850nm |
1000BASE-LX |
SMF |
LC/PC |
1310nm |
10GBASE-SR |
MMF |
LC/PC |
850nm |
10GBASE-LR |
SMF |
LC/PC |
1310nm |
A VPNI port must be configured as a 802.1q trunk port.