Hans-Werner,

1. I am forced to assume that CIX membership does not connect me to the NSF backbone therefore I am missing half of the Internet! If this is true, how do I connect to the other half?

CIX membership provides exactly that; connectivity to CIX members. ANS is a CIX member but the CIX rules (as they have been explained to me) prohibit one service provider from acting as transit between the CIX membership and other service providers (non-CIX members). So if NSFNET regionals are not CIX members, the CIX filters traffic with those non-members. The only solution is to talk to service providers which will redistribute the NSFNET routes and try to make a deal (if your customers agree to only send traffic which is AUP compliant to the NSFNET service.)

2. With CIDR and Number aggregation, we are expected to provide our customer networks a number range from our larger range. However, we cannot get a number range from INTERNIC. They expect us to get ours from "our supplier". Is this CIX? Or do you have to contract with a "supplier" who has NSF Backbone connections to get a IP number range? I guess I thought that we would be a supplier!

It was my understanding that you have to define yourself as a supplier and let the Internic know your status.

What am I missing? Dave Nordlund nordlund@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu University of Kansas 913/864-0450 Computing Services FAX 913/864-0485 Lawrence, KS 66045

I am not on the com-priv list but perhaps someone on the regional-techs list has more information concerning these questions. --Elise