Internet Routing Architectures, Second Edition

Chapter 1. Evolution of the Internet

This chapter covers the following key topics:

• Origins and recent history of the Internet— A brief history of the early Internet, with emphasis on its implementers and users, as well as how it has evolved in the last decade. Includes an overview of several important NSF solicitations.

• Network Access Points— Internet service providers can connect, directly or indirectly, with Network Access Points (NAPs). You will need to know enough to evaluate how your ISP connects to the NAPs, as well as which NAPs are available in which regions of the world today.

• Direct interconnections— An alternative to NAPs, this connection model has gained popularity with large service providers in recent years, primarily because ...