On 14/09/2012 12:11, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
I've used it a couple of times and then a week was sufficient (start rigging on monday, everything done by thursday morning where 5000 people show up with their computers (this was mainly 10/100 ports, people brought their own cables), teardown and turning off the network, and then returning the space to RIPE on monday.
Realistically, the timescales specified in the policy are too short. As there is no ability for the RIPE NCC to pre-assign the space (i.e. let you know in advance what address range you'll be getting, but not give you the go-ahead to use it), it can make it extremely difficult for conference organisers to work within the specified timescales. Also, 1 week is not suitable for debogonisation. I will be talking about this at the address policy working group session at RIPE65. It shouldn't be too difficult to fix the problem, so long as it's clear what people actually need from these temporary addresses. Nick