[192929] in North American Network Operators' Group
Acquiring unused IP range. Some questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William McLendon)
Fri Dec 2 20:36:51 2016
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From: William McLendon <wimclend@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:43:57 -0500
To: nanog@nanog.org
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Hi everyone,
we are about to acquire a block of IP=E2=80=99s from another =
organization that has unused space, and being fairly new to these =
procedures, I was hoping for some guidance.
We have already been pre-approved by ARIN for the block size we are =
acquiring, and finalizing the deal with the current owner of the address =
space. First question is, once they initiate the transfer request to =
transfer the IP range to us, how long does that typically take for ARIN =
to complete?
Secondly, our relationship with the IP block owner is a very good one, =
such that I think they would be ok with us advertising this block before =
we technically own it. My question is, what do they and we need to do =
to accomplish that in the proper way, so that the internet at large =
would accept the advertisement from a different ASN, and not view as =
some sort of hijacking, etc. I am guessing they may need to update some =
RADB or something like that, but i=E2=80=99ll be honest my knowledge of =
how those things work and their complete function is pretty slim.
This would be a short term thing as we expect the purchase process to =
complete pretty quickly, but it would be advantageous to us to be able =
to advertise the space immediately. We just want to make sure we start =
off on the right foot.
Thanks,
Will=
