Actually, the last I heard is that they will sell down to a /24. They just warn you that it may not be very usable. The interesting thing is that, last I looked, they had the same price-tag as a /20 or /19. The price isn't the issue, though ... routing *is*. Qualifying for a /20, when you only really need a /24, is a PITA (not to mention, leaving you feeling a bit sleazy).
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Dewell [mailto:acd@woods.net] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:50 PM To: Jade E. Deane Cc: 'Roeland Meyer'; 'James Thomason'; 'mike harrison'; nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
But also if you want just slightly over a /21, but not enough to make a /20, then they still don't want to talk to you. That's the project I'm currently working on.
Last word I got is "if you only need a /21, please contact your provider". Unfortunately, most providers don't have a /21 just lying around doing nothing, and the current folks say "call ARIN, they can give you addresses."
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Jade E. Deane wrote:
Two points for hitting the nail on the head.
Jade
-----Original Message----- From: Roeland Meyer [mailto:rmeyer@mhsc.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:13 PM To: 'James Thomason'; Jade E. Deane Cc: 'mike harrison'; nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
The problem comes from when you only need a /24 and it has to be portable and multi-homed.
-----Original Message----- From: James Thomason [mailto:james@divide.org] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:55 PM To: Jade E. Deane Cc: 'mike harrison'; nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
Gee, I followed the guidelines and procedures outlined by ARIN - and what do you know!?
We got address space! Try it! You might like it!
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Jade E. Deane wrote:
Sure... knee pads and a copy of the communist manifesto, to
put you in the
proper ARIN mindset.
Jade
-----Original Message----- From: mike harrison [mailto:meuon@highertech.net] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:40 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
With the demise of Winstar/good.net locally, and us having to renumber anyway, I am getting started on the idea of getting a 'portable' /19 from Arin. We are currently using a non-portable /20 and a couple of /24's.
Any words of advice as we start this process? I'd like to do this right the first time and could use an experienced viewpoint.
Mike Harrison -- ASN 3901