From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 20 13:49:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from freesbee.t.dk (freesbee.t.dk [193.162.159.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 855161590F for ; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:48:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jesper@freesbee.t.dk) Received: (qmail 17695 invoked by uid 1001); 20 Aug 1999 20:48:14 -0000 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 22:48:13 +0200 From: Jesper Skriver To: pam@polynet.lviv.ua Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Offtopic Q] Smallest network feasible to announce as separate AS route in Internet Message-ID: <19990820224813.A17684@skriver.dk> References: <19990820181556.48796153B5@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.2i In-Reply-To: <19990820181556.48796153B5@hub.freebsd.org>; from pam@polynet.lviv.ua on Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 09:15:32PM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Depends on what range, if you can get hold of space in "the swamp" a /24 should do, if not ARIN is allocating /20's RIPE /19's so here you should be safe. /Jesper On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 09:15:32PM +0300, pam@polynet.lviv.ua wrote: > Hello! > > I have one very practical question. I've heard that backbone routers > in the Internet have installed route filters blocking BGP > announcements of very small networks. > > What is the smallest network prefix, which could be safely > announced as multi-homed (via separate AS number) in the > Internet? > > Thanks for help and appologies for being offtopic. > > Best regards, > > Adrian > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver (JS4261-RIPE), Network manager Tele Danmark DataNet, IP section (AS3292) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message