From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Mar 23 17:16:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from frontier.netnology.com.au (frontier.netnology.com.au [203.33.30.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3716B37B942 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:16:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from craig@hotmix.com.au) Received: from marvin ([203.33.30.209]) by frontier.netnology.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA05548; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:00:01 +0800 From: "Craig Beasland" To: Cc: Subject: RE: Multihoming Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:09:11 +0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Michael, I understood that you could apply before you multi-home but after the arrangements have been made. That is, you have signed a deal with a second provider and have the equipment on order and have defined your routing policies, but before you actually plug the equipment in. Then again, I think it was me who started this thread so I am not really the person to rely upon for this advice. Cheers craig > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Michael Butler > Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2000 22:54 > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Multihoming > > > On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 15:25:12 +0800, you wrote: > > >Michael, > > > >I do have my own portable address space, I cannot apply for > an ASN until I > >am ready to proceed - I guess this is to stop people > applying who then do > >not go ahead with the BGP routing. > > > Is this right? It seems almost a chicken and egg thing to get the > address space and ASN. Can someone explain the process to me in plain > English? > > It seems I have to justify my address space as it exists now to get > new address space. > > To get an ASN I have to have the quandary exist where I have access to > two or more providers and need to BGP4 to/from them. So I have to > invest in the infrastructure and get the feeds and then wait until I > get all the ARIN stuff lined out? > > I'd much prefer to be prepared when the equipment and feeds come > together since that investment is greater and would be less desirable > to be without function (hardware and feeds not working for me and > indirectly making money). > > > ... or am I just screwed up and confused? > ____________________________________________________________ > Michael Butler, Texas GulfNet, | www.tgn.net > 908 South Brooks, PO Box 2089 | Voice 409-798-NETT > Brazoria, TX 77422-2089 | FAX 409-798-6398 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message