RE: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

Actually, the last I heard is that they will sell down to a /24. They just
warn you that it may not be very usable. The interesting thing is that, last
I looked, they had the same price-tag as a /20 or /19. The price isn't the
issue, though ... routing *is*. Qualifying for a /20, when you only really
need a /24, is a PITA (not to mention, leaving you feeling a bit sleazy).



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Dewell [mailto:acd () woods net]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:50 PM
> To: Jade E. Deane
> Cc: 'Roeland Meyer'; 'James Thomason'; 'mike harrison'; 
> nanog () merit edu
> Subject: RE: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
>
>
>
> But also if you want just slightly over a /21, but not enough 
> to make a /20,
> then they still don't want to talk to you.  That's the 
> project I'm currently
> working on.
>
> Last word I got is "if you only need a /21, please contact 
> your provider".
> Unfortunately, most providers don't have a /21 just lying around doing
> nothing, and the current folks say "call ARIN, they can give 
> you addresses."
>
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Jade E. Deane wrote:
> > Two points for hitting the nail on the head.
> >
> > Jade
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roeland Meyer [mailto:rmeyer () mhsc com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:13 PM
> > To: 'James Thomason'; Jade E. Deane
> > Cc: 'mike harrison'; nanog () merit edu
> > Subject: RE: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
> >
> >
> > The problem comes from  when you only need a /24 and it has 
> to be portable
> > and multi-homed.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James Thomason [mailto:james () divide org]
> > > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:55 PM
> > > To: Jade E. Deane
> > > Cc: 'mike harrison'; nanog () merit edu
> > > Subject: RE: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gee, I followed the guidelines and procedures outlined by 
> ARIN - and
> > > what do you know!?
> > >
> > > We got address space!  Try it!  You might like it!
> > >
> > > On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Jade E. Deane wrote:
> > >
> > > > Sure... knee pads and a copy of the communist manifesto, to
> > > put you in the
> > > > proper ARIN mindset.
> > > >
> > > > Jade
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: mike harrison [mailto:meuon () highertech net]
> > > > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:40 PM
> > > > To: nanog () merit edu
> > > > Subject: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > With the demise of Winstar/good.net locally,
> > > > and us having to renumber anyway, I am getting
> > > > started on the idea of getting a 'portable'
> > > > /19 from Arin. We are currently using a non-portable /20
> > > > and a couple of /24's.
> > > >
> > > > Any words of advice as we start this process?
> > > > I'd like to do this right the first time
> > > > and could use an experienced viewpoint.
> > > >
> > > > Mike Harrison -- ASN 3901