AMS-IX Bay Area

United States of America

Ville: San Francisco, San Jose
Site Web: https://www.ams-ix.net/bay

About this IXP

Data last updated Novembre 2025

Capacity at this IXP

130 Gbps

Cumulative port speeds of all IXP members. This shows the potential maximum traffic that can be exchanged at this IXP at one time.

Membership and capacity

The size and strength of an IXP is determined by a combination of how many members it has, and the total capacity. Larger networks tend to bring more capacity, which can benefit all members.

Data for AMS-IX Bay Area as shown in PeeringDB in Novembre 2025

Members of this IXP

ASNs (autonomous system numbers) are listed in PeeringDB

In the last 12 months

ASNs left4
New ASNs joined0

Participates in the MANRS IXP program

IXPs that join this voluntary program apply a framework of enhanced routing security in peering. It signals an extra commitment to responsible Internet stewardship.

Source: MANRS

RIPE Atlas anchor

Yes

Organizations that run IXPs can host anchors to measure Internet connectivity and traffic. An anchor is a large capacity probe often used by IXPs.

Source: RIPEStat

Member information

Last sync from PeeringDB: Novembre 2025

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Pays d’enregistrement

A summary of member registrations by country. An IXP with a mixture of international and near-neighbor members can indicate that an IXP is influential, or acts as a hub within its region or sub-region.

États-Unis d'Amérique: 13
Pays-Bas: 2
Hong Kong: 1
Japon: 1

Types of network at this IXP

The mix of members is an indication of a strength or focus of an IXP.

Content: 4
NSP: 4
Unknown: 3
Educational/Research: 2
Route Server: 1

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Cable/DSL/ISP: 1
Network Services: 1
Non-Profit: 1

Members peering at the route server

13 / 17

The route server is a central hub that makes it easier for all networks to peer without having to create individual agreements with other members.

Members using RPKI

13 / 17

members at this IXP use Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), a security measure that helps ensure traffic is routed correctly. A member is counted as using RPKI if they have at least one valid ROA.

Peering policies of IXP members

Members of an IXP can choose how they peer with others. The Internet Society encourages open policies where possible.

Member list for AMS-IX Bay Area

This list uses the data available in PeeringDB, which is based on self-reported data, and was last updated in Pulse Novembre 2025

Nom	AS Number	Peering policy	RPKI Enabled
AMS-IX USA Native Router Autonomous system (AS) number: 62981 Type of AS: Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 2 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Pays-Bas Total peering locations for this AS: 2	62981	Unknown	No
AMS-IX USA Route Servers Autonomous system (AS) number: 62972 Type of AS: Route Server Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 2 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: Pays-Bas Total peering locations for this AS: 2	62972	Unknown	No
Cloudflare Autonomous system (AS) number: 13335 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 346	13335	Open	Yes
Fastmetrics Autonomous system (AS) number: 6994 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 1	6994	Unknown	No
FriendFinder Networks Autonomous system (AS) number: 25875 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 5	25875	Unknown	Yes
Google LLC Autonomous system (AS) number: 15169 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Selective Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 198	15169	Selective	Yes
HGC Autonomous system (AS) number: 9304 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Hong Kong Total peering locations for this AS: 25	9304	Unknown	Yes
Hurricane Electric Autonomous system (AS) number: 6939 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 323	6939	Unknown	Yes
Imaging Bay Autonomous system (AS) number: 399606 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Speed: Unknown Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 3	399606	Unknown	Yes
ISC F-ROOT OAK1 Autonomous system (AS) number: 27321 Type of AS: Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 4	27321	Unknown	Yes
MetTel Autonomous system (AS) number: 16524 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 8	16524	Unknown	No
M-ROOT DNS Server Autonomous system (AS) number: 7500 Type of AS: Non-Profit Peering policy: Open Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Japon Total peering locations for this AS: 35	7500	Open	Yes
Netskope Autonomous system (AS) number: 55256 Type of AS: Network Services Peering policy: Open Port speed: 30 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 135	55256	Open	Yes
PCH AS3856 Autonomous system (AS) number: 3856 Type of AS: Educational/Research Peering policy: Open Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 315	3856	Open	Yes
PCH AS42 Autonomous system (AS) number: 42 Type of AS: Educational/Research Peering policy: Open Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 321	42	Open	Yes
Vorsk Autonomous system (AS) number: 22296 Type of AS: Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 2	22296	Unknown	Yes
Yahoo! Autonomous system (AS) number: 10310 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Selective Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: États-Unis d'Amérique Total peering locations for this AS: 90	10310	Selective	Yes