[9959] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: attaching a network to the Internet (was Re: Confusion)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven K. Widmayer)
Sun Jan 30 20:10:08 1994
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 1994 20:08:56 -0500
From: "Steven K. Widmayer" <skw@merit.edu>
To: NORDLUND@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu, adamfast@u.washington.edu
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
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>
> to get your network announced to the NSFnet, you fill out the NACR form
>and send it to MERIT. the two main pieces of information on the NACR are
>your ASN and the ASN(s) of your provider. (your provider has to tell you
>their ASN.)
A correction. We (Merit) only accept NACRs from service providers who
have a peering relationship with the NSFNET/ANSnet. So send your NACRs
to your NSFNET- or ANSnet-connected service provider, who may or may not
forward them on to Merit for inclusion in the PRDB, depending upon their
policies and agreement to the NSFNET AUP for NSFNET service subscribers,
or ANS policies for ANS subscribers, etc.
...
>
>> 1. I am forced to assume that CIX membership does not connect me to
>> the NSF backbone therefore I am missing half of the Internet! If
>> this is true, how do I connect to the other half?
>
> this is true. the connection to the NSFnet is handled by MERIT, which
>subcontracts to ANS. (i believe.)
>
> ANS has a membership in the CIX, so to get access to the NSFnet all you
>have to do is file a form called a "NACR" (Network Announcement Change
>Request) with MERIT. to do this, get the NACR template from
>
>ftp.merit.edu
>
>/nsfnet/announced.networks/template.net
>
>there is a README file that explains the process in
>
>/nsfnet/announced.networks/template.README
>
Another clarification. To get access to the NSFNET, a NSFNET-connected
service provider will need to announce you to the NSFNET service. They
would send the NACR to Merit. ANS' CIX membership is irrelevant to the
topic.
>
> basically, you fill out the template and mail it to an email-robot that
>updates the MERIT PRDB (Policy Routing DataBase? [i love these
>acronyms]); twice a week the database gets transfered to the NSFnet routers.
>
Email robot? Well not quite yet. Perhaps you are referring to Merit's
Auto-NACR facility, which is to assist service providers in filling out and
mailing in the NACRs (network announcement change requests -- see the
nic.merit.edu:nsfnet/announced.networks/ template.net.README).
> to fill out the form you need basic information from the InterNIC, like
>your InterNIC "handle" (id number of your contact people from your network
>registration forms), along with an ASN (Autonomous System Number?)...
>
>
>
> this is just what i learned from attaching a network to the Internet
>thru Sprintlink. folks, please correct me if i am wrong or left anything
>out!
>
>
>hope it helps,
>adam
>
>Adam Feuer
>member, Seattle Peoples' Internet Cooperative
>adamfast@u.washington.edu
>voice: (206) 996-0794
>fax: (206) 782-5776
>
>
>
--Steve Widmayer (skw@merit.edu)
