On Jul 19, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/19/13, Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote:
All, Does anyone have a baseline on the "maximum" allocation a small to mid-sized ISP can receive from ARIN? I realize resources are scarce in IPv4 land, and I am a bit nervous to initiate the process myself without an understanding of what can/cannot be allocated. I'm not looking for anything insane, maybe
https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html ^
There's not a predefined "maximum" allocation, there are maximums that apply in certain circumstances; the maximum is a 3 month supply of IP addresses that you have documented justification for, subject to the slow-start rule (I'm assuming you can't show justified need for a /8 or other allocation size which the free pool exhaustion would make impossible); if you don't already have a /22, you can't apply for a /16, for example, under the normal allocation policy.
There is a minimum allocation size, and you need to meet the requirements shown in the policy.
To clarify, the time horizons in policy depend on the nature of the request. ISPs are currently limited to 3 months for IPv4. End users can get 12 months IPv4. ISPs or end users can get up to 24 months IPv4 through the transfer process. IPv6 does not have a clearly defined time horizon and long-term (~5 years) planning is recommended when preparing an IPv6 request. Owen