[9968] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: attaching a network to the Internet (was Re: Confusion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Nordlund)
Mon Jan 31 14:25:47 1994
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 09:19:56 CST-600
From: Dave Nordlund <NORDLUND@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu>
To: "Steven K. Widmayer" <skw@merit.edu>, com-priv@psi.com,
> Date sent: 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
> Subject: Re: attaching a network to the Internet (was Re: Confusion)
> Copies to: com-priv@psi.com
> ...
>
> >
> > 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.
>
>
OK, Now how do I become a NSFNET-connect service provider? That what
is desired.
>
> >
> >> 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)
>
>
Dave Nordlund nordlund@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu
University of Kansas 913/864-0450
Computing Services FAX 913/864-0485
Lawrence, KS 66045
