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== Donations ==
== Donations ==
The Wikimedia Foundation is a not-for-profit charity that is funded by small user [http://donate.wikimedia.org donations] and operates on a very small budget. If you are able to contribute by donating network connectivity services such as (full or partial) IP transit (for example by sending your peering routes) or transport services, then please let us know!
The Wikimedia Foundation is a not-for-profit charity that depends on the gracious [http://donate.wikimedia.org donations] by many individuals and companies. We operate on a very small budget, and our hosting and traffic costs represent a large part of our total costs associated with running our popular websites and achieving our goals. Please let us know if you are able and willing to contribute by donating network connectivity services. Things that might be helpful include:
* IP transit (full or partial) / sending your peering routes
* Transport connectivity
* A few RU of rack space for a router
If you are interested in helping us out, please [[contact us]]!

Revision as of 16:13, 15 December 2007

The Wikimedia Foundation operates several wiki-based projects, including Wikipedia, the popular on-line encyclopedia, which has become a global top-10 website. Wikimedia delivers its web site services from two separate, not directly connected networks:

  • AS14907 in the USA
  • AS43821 in Europe

Both networks are open to peering with other parties, on IPv4 and IPv6. Currently we have presence at the following Internet Exchange Points:

Exchange point Location ASN Connection IPv4 address IPv6 address
AMS-IX SARA 43821 1000BaseLX 195.69.145.176 2001:7f8:1::A504:3821:1
TampaIX Franklin Exchange 14907 1000BaseSX 198.32.198.18

Also see our Peering DB record.

When setting up a peering session with us, please make use of the following information:

Peering contact peering@wikimedia.org
NOC contact noc@wikimedia.org
ASN 14907 or 43821
AS set macro AS-WIKIMEDIA
Prefixes ~3
Suggested prefix limit 10
MD5 password Supported, but not required

Donations

The Wikimedia Foundation is a not-for-profit charity that depends on the gracious donations by many individuals and companies. We operate on a very small budget, and our hosting and traffic costs represent a large part of our total costs associated with running our popular websites and achieving our goals. Please let us know if you are able and willing to contribute by donating network connectivity services. Things that might be helpful include:

  • IP transit (full or partial) / sending your peering routes
  • Transport connectivity
  • A few RU of rack space for a router

If you are interested in helping us out, please contact us!