ep.net is the neutral IP allocation agency for a significant number of exchanges world wide. We have our own IP space, however, we require an IP on the IX so we can peer with other neighbors on the exchange, like Bill said! -Chris -----Original Message----- From: Bill Woodcock [mailto:woody@pch.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 2:49 AM To: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino Cc: Christopher.Malayter@tdstelecom.com; nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Anyone alive at ep.net On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote: > > I've been awaiting allocation of an IP from an IX that is allocated by > > ep.net. > why not get an allocation for IX from ARIN/RIPE? Because then he wouldn't be able to use it to communicate with anyone else at the exchange, since they'd all be in the ep.net subnet, and he'd be in a different subnet. -Bill