# TNO043: Under the Manhole Cover: The Architecture of an Internet Exchange

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Podcast: [Total Network Operations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/total-network-operations-6986494)
Published: 2025-09-26T14:26:35+00:00
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## Resource

In an IT world full of abstraction, overlays, and virtualization, it’s important to remember the physical infrastructure that supports all those things. So let’s get inside Mass IX, the Massachusetts Internet Exchange, to get a holistic view of the logical architecture and protocol mechanics of peering and Internet exchanges, as well as the iron, steel, ... Read more »

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