[21180] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Fri Nov 6 08:13:18 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 06:51:16 -0600
From: Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net>
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>, I Am Not An Isp <patrick@ianai.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981106024621.32611x-100000@tarkin.fdt.net>; from Jon Lewis on Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 02:49:19AM -0500
On Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 02:49:19AM -0500, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, I Am Not An Isp wrote:
>
> > However, they are under a greater burden than your traditional ISP. Most
> > of the equipment they were forced to use in the "early days", and possibly
> > a good deal of it today, is not what I would call "optimal". They are
> > forced to allocate /24s to some cable routers no matter how few customers
> > there are on that router. Most do not understand classless IP, or even
>
> So can I qualify for my own chunk of space (I'll be nice and only ask for
> a /16) if I use RIP and can't subnet? I find it hard to believe ARIN
> would buy "but my routers won't let me subnet" as justification for
> address space.
That argument only works for *some* people Jon. As you can see (it apparently
worked for @HOME!)
Try it and let us know if it works for you :-)
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