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International Network

KAREN membership includes access to our high capacity, high performance international broadband service.

Our international service

KAREN’s international network extends to Sydney and Los Angeles at a speed of 1Gb/s. The KAREN network map shows the topology of KAREN across New Zealand and our linkages out to the rest of the world. For a live view of international traffic, see the KAREN weathermap.

At our landing points at Sydney and Los Angeles, KAREN connects with over 100 (indirectly) research and education (R&E) networks across the world to get you to Asia, Europe and beyond.

Our membership of this international mesh of R&E networks means you can connect through KAREN to over 200 million researchers, students, teachers and scientists from across the globe quickly and without data charges.

KAREN’s international network is currently provided by TelstraClear.

Service capabilities

Our international service offers:

  • 1 Gb/s connectivity to Sydney
  • 1 Gb/s connectivity to Los Angeles
  • 3 peerings at Sydney
  • 14 NREN peerings at Los Angeles
  • 340,000 available R&E routes 
  • Jumbo (9000 byte) Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
  • IPv4 and IPv6
  • IPv4 Multicast

Eligibility for our international service

For all KAREN members, except Content and Service Partners, our international service is a standard inclusion in KAREN membership.

International peering principles

Connectivity with other National Research and Education Networks is essential to enable New Zealand’s participation and collaboration with the international R&E community. Some of the key factors in considering international peering arrangements are to:

  • support members' research and education activity by providing them routes to international partners and content providers
  • advance KAREN as a member of the international NREN community
  • support advanced network projects and initiatives
  • provide route diversity for existing network routes
  • achieve more efficient route selection for existing network routes

Current international peerings

KAREN has international peering points at:

  • Sydney at the Equinix IBX Centre
  • Los Angeles at the Pacific Wave node at One Wilshire

KAREN directly peers with 14 NRENs at Los Angeles and three at Sydney. Through our peerings and the subsequent peerings of these NRENs with similar organisations, KAREN members can get their data across the world to Asia, Europe and beyond.

Requests for additional peerings from members or other NRENs will be considered on their merits. Where possible peerings will have the following attributes:

  • IPv4 and IPv6
  • Jumbo (9000 byte) frames
  • IPv4 Multicast enabled

Sydney

  • AARNet
  • Microsoft
  • Google

Los Angeles

  • CENIC
  • Internet2
  • Los Nettos
  • TWAREN
  • TransPAC2
  • NLR
  • PacificWave
  • Microsoft
  • GemNet
  • ESNet
  • CANARIE
  • GLORIAD
  • NASA R&E
  • SingAREN

If you have a query relating to international peering, or you would like to peer with KAREN please contact noc@karen.net.nz

 

 



by Dr. Radut.