On Thu, 6 May 2004, Vish Yelsangikar wrote:
Hi there.
We are in the middle of a major project that will be rolled out in the next 3-4 months. With this project, I will be multihoming my network. To get ready for this project, I recently applied for an AS# for my company with ARIN and I was denied because I don't have a multihomed network and dont intend to be one in the next 30 days. Is there any other way to obtain AS#? I dont want to wait until 11th hour to get the AS#. Any suggestions are appreciated.
ARIN isn't real strict about giving out ASNs, so there's nothing to fear in waiting until you're about, say, 45 days from being multihomed to start the process (30 days isn't written in stone, speaking from experience). I've never heard of ARIN taking more than a week to issue one. And if you're multihomed, that's all the justification you need. This isn't like getting CIDR blocks, which is an involved process requiring massive amounts of documentation (but as long as you have the documentation at the ready, it's pretty painless as well). Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---