1PL Warsaw: Internet Exchange and peering with AS202520
Warszawa, Poland
1PL is a Polish Internet Exchange with nodes in Warsaw, Wrocław and Katowice. AS202520 SkyPass is present there on two 100G ports.
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- Full name
- 1-PL Internet Exchange Poland
- Operator
- 1-IX
- Cities
- Warszawa, Wrocław, Katowice
- Networks on the fabric
- 24
- Peering LAN IPv4
- 194.246.39.0/26
- Peering LAN IPv6
- 2001:7f8:16e::/64
- AS202520 ports
- 2 x 100G
- PeeringDB
- ix 4916
1PL, listed in PeeringDB as 1-PL Internet Exchange Poland, is a Polish Internet Exchange run by 1-IX. Its nodes sit in Warsaw, Wrocław and Katowice, with the densest set of points of presence in Warsaw, where the platform is present at 1-DC EU, Equinix WA1, LIM CENTER and both ATMAN facilities. For an operator that means joining 1PL usually does not require building a new fibre route, because the port can go into a building where the network already sits.
AS202520 on 1PL: two 100G ports
You can verify our presence on this fabric yourself rather than taking our word for it. PeeringDB lists two of our ports at 100 Gb/s each, at 194.246.39.27 and 194.246.39.28 on IPv4 and 2001:7f8:16e::27 and 2001:7f8:16e::28 on IPv6. Two separate ports rather than one is not about capacity. It is about what happens when one of them goes down during an attack or a maintenance window.
The peering LAN covers 194.246.39.0/26 for IPv4 and 2001:7f8:16e::/64 for IPv6. The fabric carries IPv6 natively, so sessions for both protocol versions are set up in parallel rather than one after the other.
When 1PL makes sense for a Polish operator
1PL is smaller than THINX or TPIX, with 24 networks listed in PeeringDB. That is not a flaw in itself, because what decides the value of an exchange is not the participant count but whether the networks you actually exchange traffic with are on it. Concrete reasons to join:
- Spread across three cities: a port in Katowice or Wrocław reaches the same fabric without hauling a link to Warsaw
- Warsaw points of presence at LIM CENTER and Equinix WA1, buildings where many Polish operators already sit
- Native IPv6, with no separate process and no surcharge
- One more independent path to AS202520 alongside THINX, TPIX, POZIX, WRIX and 1-IX
Setting up a session with us
We run an open peering policy, so our peering address or the PeeringDB record is enough to start. If you have no port on 1PL of your own but want to use it, look at remote IXP access: you connect to us in one location and we carry your traffic to the exchanges where we are present.
Frequently asked questions
What is 1PL?
1PL (full name 1-PL Internet Exchange Poland) is a Polish Internet Exchange run by 1-IX, with nodes in Warsaw, Wrocław and Katowice. It is listed in PeeringDB as ix 4916 and holds 24 networks. The peering LAN is 194.246.39.0/26 for IPv4 and 2001:7f8:16e::/64 for IPv6.
Is AS202520 SkyPass present on 1PL?
Yes, on two ports of 100 Gb/s each, at 194.246.39.27 and 194.246.39.28 plus 2001:7f8:16e::27 and 2001:7f8:16e::28. The entries are visible in PeeringDB, so you do not have to take our word for it. We run an open peering policy.
How does 1PL differ from 1-IX?
1-IX is a distributed platform with points of presence in more than a dozen data centers across several countries. 1PL is its local Polish exchange, with nodes in Warsaw, Wrocław and Katowice. AS202520 is present on both.
I have no port on 1PL. Can I still use this peering?
Yes, through remote IXP access. You connect to our network in one location and we carry your traffic to the exchanges where we are present, without putting your hardware in another city.