Frequently asked
questions

STHIX is an Internet Exchange Point (IXP). It provides a physical ethernet switched infrastructure to ISPs and Internet related business companies to exchange IP traffic.

STHIX has been created to help Internet development and traffic optimization in Stockholm. With no recurring charge for 100M ports, even the smallest ISPs are able to easily exchange traffic and optimize their network performances. STHIX wants to provide providers an alternative peering network for performance and redundancy reasons.

Only free peering traffic is allowed on the peering VLAN. You are able to buy VLANs on the peering switches for transit services. For more information, please look at the price list and/or contact support (at) sthix.net.

Most members are ISPs, Content providers or Telecom operators.

Check out our Data Centers page. If you want to connect from a data center that isn’t listed on that page, we can most likely arrange that through one of our partners. Please contact us at support (at) sthix.net to get more information.

Yes, you can, but not over the shared peering VLAN.

From a legal perspective, every company with a legal entity and an Internet related business able to follow the usage policy is welcome on STHIX. The technical requirement is that you need to possess an AS number.

Contact us via the contact page here.

STHIX usage policy is available here.

IPv6 is enabled since a long time ago. Multicast services are not supported.

STHIX use access mode ports by default. Trunk ports can be used if specified. VLAN 203 is used for the peering VLAN.