[101736] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Wed Jan 16 17:14:47 2008
Cc: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <49900C758A716C499CE8C56BF0CB52710814D94B@newexch01.ohana.watg.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:05:41 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Jan 16, 2008, at 4:37 PM, Mike Donahue wrote:
> Hi. I'm by no means an ip/networking expert, and we're having some
> difficulty communicating with the boffins at AT&T. Any
> input/advice/translation would be appreciated.
>
> We own our own class C netblock. Our previous provider, Sprint, had
> no
> problem "adding" it to their network/advertising it (that circuit is
> now
> disconnected). We've started using an AT&T colo facility, and we're
> having a lot of trouble trying to get AT&T to do the same thing there
> that Sprint was able to do for us. AT&T is refusing to advertise our
> netblock/path it to our cabinet unless we have an AS number. ARIN has
> refused to give us one on the grounds (rightly so) that we're not
> multi-homed. AT&T says they'll give us a temporary ASN, and want us
> to do eBGP for our netblock. They sent the technical information over
> today, and they want two distinct routers to act as the bgp peers...
>
> Anyway, it's all getting (for us) pretty complicated. We're a fairly
> small firm and just want an Ethernet handoff with our IP block on it.
> Sprint didn't blink at the request, but AT&T... We're getting a good
> rate from AT&T for the IP services because it's at their colo.
> Switching back to Sprint would definitely be more costly.
>
> Questions:
> nanog@merit.edunanog@merit.edu
> 1. Is what we're asking for unusual/uncalled for?
It's at&t's network. They should be allowed to run it as they
please. So it's hard to say anything (other than abuse) is "uncalled
for".
Unusual? Hell yes.
> 2. What's the technical terminology for the request for AT&T to
> simply
> start advertising our netblock called? I'm wondering if they're not
> understanding our request.
Ask for at&t to "originate my /24, and route it to my rack".
If they don't get that, find another provider.
--
TTFN,
patrick
