Upstream protection is the #1 reason to have your own IP block. Plenty of people have their own IP block, but don't do any of those things.
---------- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Charles Wyble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:18 PM To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Cc: "Motorola Canopy User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Considering ARIN and buying our own IPs....IPv4? IPv6 > John McDowell wrote: >> Hey guys and gals, >> We are looking at our first redundant fiber connection from a second >> carrier >> and feeling the need to have our own IPs so that this will work out well. >> > > Will you also be doing BGP? MPLS/OSPF traffic engineering all on your > own? IE why do you need your own IP space? > This is what ARIN will want to know. :) >> Anybody have advice on where to start with ARIN, besides just fishing >> around >> on the website, and what should we be looking at buying. > > Well ARIN has the forms here: > > http://www.arin.net/registration/templates/index.html > > Pretty straighforward submission process > > 1) Create POC and ORG records. > 2) Fill out and submit template. > 3) <magic here> > 4) Profit >> We have a little >> over 350 subs right now and growing about 30 subs/month on average. We >> have >> a block of 2000 IPs from AT&T. >> > > Well then it doesn't make sense to me to buy your own block at least not > for some time. >> We want to plan for future growth, and for IPv6....any advice? >> > > I am currently going through the IPv6 process with ARIN and hope to have > it completed by end of September. > > > > -- > Charles Wyble (818) 280 - 7059 > http://charlesnw.blogspot.com > CTO Known Element Enterprises / SoCal WiFI project > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
