[88031] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PI space and colocation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Wed Jan 18 14:47:39 2006
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0601181436170.45950-100000@richard2.pil.net>
Cc: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:45:56 -0500
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Jan 18, 2006, at 2:41 PM, up@3.am wrote:
> If one gets PI space from ARIN for their network, then moves the
> servers
> to a rack at a data center (still using the space efficiently),
> will most
> colocation providers announce this space for them, or would most
> providers
> require them to take allocated space from them?
I don't know about "most", but every one I've asked has done it.
You might need to sign an LOA.
> Is it a reasonable alternative to establish a BGP connection with the
> provider over ethernet?
It is technical feasible, but I don't think 'reasonable'. Stub ASes
are pollution on the 'Net.
But that doesn't stop some people.
> Is this ok per ARINs requirements, assuming you first acquired this
> space
> under their multihomed network guidelines?
That I do not know, but would guess "no". (I would also guess they
won't notice. =)
Of course, if the space is /20 or more, you qualify under other rules
too.
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TTFN,
patrick