Re: Multi-homing small ISP
hello all ...
ive always wanted to learn how stuff like dynamic routing really
works, and also, BGP ...
can anyone suggest to me a site that I can go to where I may find
those kinds of info ? (aside from cisco.com)
TIA,
Chad
--- Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com> wrote:
> You don't have to have your own IP space from ARIN to have another
> ISP
> route your /24. BGP handles this fine. Just negotiate with the
> second
> ISP to route the first ISP's IP's to you. You may have to add your
> information to the Route Arbiter database(s) for your new ISP to do
> it.
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 07:23:24PM +0000, Fraser Campbell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We are a small ISP currently utilizing about 75% of a /24 from our
> upstream
> > provider. Due to problems with this provider, we wish to
> multi-home our
> > network. We also wish to obtain our own address space (portable
> address
> > space).
> >
> > Is there *any* way for us to obtain our own IP number allocation
> when our
> > utilization is so small (/24). From the reading I have been doing,
> it
> > seems that unless you can justify a /19 you are out of luck. ARIN
> > apparently assigns nothing smaller than a /20 and we certainly
> cannot
> > justify an allocation that large at this
> >
> > I have read countless websites and articles and am still not clear
> on these
> > issues. RFCs which I have read seem to state that allocation is
> possible
> > if "the organization is multi-homed with no favored connection" ...
> which
> > is where we wish to be.
> >
> > If we cannot obtain our own allocation, and must keep our current
> > allocation, what are our options? Ideally we would like to be in a
> > situation where we have no ties whatsoever to our current upstream
> provider
> > but we could always keep them as a lower speed connection so that
> we can
> > retain their allocation.
> >
> > Basically I'd like to see all of this information in one place. If
> you can
> > point me to some URLs or even books I should buy, great. If you
> have the
> > patience to explain it all, even better.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Fraser Campbell
> >
> >
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