[75405] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: I want my own IPs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Kamantauskas)
Fri Nov 12 13:42:37 2004
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:42:10 -0500
From: Alex Kamantauskas <alexk@tugger.net>
To: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
Cc: Philip Lavine <source_route@yahoo.com>, nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0411121023180.8353-100000@paixhost.pch.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I ask this just for personal edification, but can you ask ARIN for a /22?
I thought the lowest they would go is a /21 for multi-homed organizations.
Bill Woodcock wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Philip Lavine wrote:
> > I have recently been turned down by ARIN for an
> > address block. I currently have 4 /24's from ISP's and
> > would like IP independence. How do I convince ARIN to
> > give me a block -- /20 I guess?
>
> It's not a matter of convincing, it's a matter of demonstrating need.
>
> If you're actually _using_ the four /24s, you can demonstrate a need for a
> /22 today. So a good first step would be to use the four /24s until
> they're full. Second step would be to apply to ARIN for a /22 to replace
> them. Renumber into that. Then keep applying to ARIN for more space as
> you need it.
>
> -Bill
>
