The Northern Lights Local Exchange Point (NLLXP) is a free Internet Exchange service (IXP) operating in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the USA. The NLLXP service is operated using staff and facilities provided by the Northern Lights GigaPoP^[1], an Internet2 project of the University of Minnesota Office of Information and Technology.

As of March 29th, 2008 there were 22 members participating in the NLLXP^[2][3], advertising 403 unique BGP routes from 101 originating autonomous systems. NLLXP participants include Internet content creators, Internet service hosting providers, and Internet access providers.

The core of the Northern Lights Local Exchange Point (NLLXP) is a single Juniper Networks T640 router, acting as a Layer-3 IXP^[4].

The NLLXP core router is located at 90 Church Street, on the campus of the University of Minnesota. Using metro ethernet, the NLLXP service has been extended to an ethernet switch located in the Minnesota Gateway^[5] colocation facility, where most commercial members connect. Cross-connects from the NLLXP ethernet switch are available within the Minnesota Gateway colocation facility. Extensions of these cross-connects to other locations using metro ethernet or intercity managed wavelength are available from several carriers^[6].

Membership application and administrative inquiries may be made to:

Northern Lights GigaPOP
University of Minnesota
1300 South Second Street, Ste. 660
Minneapolis, MN 55454

• NLLXP Looking Glass
• UMN OIT announces NLLXP, May 2000
• Orbis Internet becomes first NLLXP member, May 2000

[[Category:Internet exchange points]] [[Category:Internet architecture]] [[Category:Network access]]