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Nathan Stratton wrote: > > On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > > It's the renumbering part that I think gives people the most > > heartburn... By the time you get "big enough" to warrent your > > own block, you've got at least 32 ClassCs of which, I'm betting, > > at least 28 are "given" to LAN-connected customers. This is > > a _major_ headache not only for the ISP to go thru but also a > > major headache to force your customers to go thru. That is, what > > I think, is what really is most painful; that by the time you > > are big enough to have your own block, you're too big to want > > to renumber: Catch 22 > > Yes, but as a smaller ISP you can offer much better service, and help you > customers renumber. Yes I of all people know it is a _major_ headache, but > it can be done, and there are ways to do it. > > Just because it is a "_major_ headache", is not a good reason to add a > route to the global table, or have the nic give you a bigger block then > you need at that time. > Oh I agree... It's just that I know of more than a few ISPs who have done things like keep their current NSP, but with something like a 56k line (so they don't have to renumber) and then get a bigger pipe from somebody else and just use BGP to make everything work... -- ==================================================================== Jim Jagielski | jaguNET Access Services [email protected] | http://www.jaguNET.com/ "Not the Craw... the CRAW!" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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