Editing Internet Neutral Exchange (section)

{{Short description|Internet exchange located in Ireland}}
'''Internet Neutral Exchange''' ('''INEX''') is an [[Internet exchange]] located in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], operating three [[VLAN]]s at [[Point of presence|points of presence]] in [[Dublin]] at Equinix DB1 - [[Citywest]], BT - Citywest, Equinix DB2 (Formerly Data Electronics) - Kilcarbery Park, [[Interxion]] DUB1 and DUB2 - Park West and Equinix DB3 - Northwest Business Park, Ballycoolin and a separate exchange, INEX Cork, at CIX in Cork.

The system provides a modern [[layer 2]] [[ethernet]] switching network supporting [[IPv4]] and [[IPv6]] peerings on three VLANs, with supported access speeds of 1&nbsp;Gbit/s, 10&nbsp;Gbit/s and 100&nbsp;Gbit/s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inex.ie/technical/connecting-to-inex/|title=Connecting to INEX|website=INEX|accessdate=30 October 2018}}</ref> The [https://web.archive.org/web/20160423075337/https://www.inex.ie/about/memberlist membership of INEX] includes most of the large/medium [[Internet service provider]]s (ISPs) based in Ireland, a growing number of digital content providers, the Irish Government network, VoIP providers and mobile operators. There is an associate membership category for non-trafficking organisations that have an interest in networking within the Irish IP community.

''Internet Neutral Exchange Association Company Limited by Guarantee'' is incorporated as a [[company limited by guarantee]] and is registered at the [[Companies Registration Office (Ireland)|Companies Registration Office]] in [[Dublin]], No. 253804. Each of its members is entitled to vote at general meetings. INEX maintains an executive board of 7 people, elected from its member representatives, and all board members must resign after two consecutive years service. Board members may be re-elected.