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ARIN has a (difficult) job to do, and from my experiences they do it well. 1) You need to follow their rules/instructions 2) You can never supply them with too much information. 3) A good attitude helps. > Welcome to the club. ARIN is commonly referred to by my peers as the "IP > Nazi's"... > > Brantley > > At 12:46 AM 12/15/2000 -0500, Jeff Mcadams wrote: > > >Also sprach David R Huberman > > >> We're currently efficiently (according to ARIN's guidelines) > > >> utilizing a /20, 2 /23's and a /24. We apply to ARIN for space, and > > >> what do they say they'll give us? A /20. Period. Someone care to > > >> explain this to me? > > > > >It means you didn't explain your goals clearly enough, I guess. > > > >What is there to explain? > > > > >If you demonstrate to ARIN efficient utilization of 21 /24s (as you > > >describe above), you qualify for 32 /24s for renumbering purposes; a /19. > > > > >Go back and show them you've used 21 /24s efficiently and ask for > > >sufficient address space with which to renumber and grow your business. > > >You'll get a /19 every time. > > > >Hello...I'm using *more* than a /20 right *now*. If I had 100% > >efficient utilization of the IP addresses that we're using *today* I > >couldn't fit into just a /20. I can't come up with *any* logic that > >would make sense to renumber into a /20. This information was clearly > >spelled out on our application. If the folks at ARIN are too dense to > >add a few numbers together, you'd think they'd at least drop us an email > >or a phone call and ask a question or two! Sheesh! There is *NO* > >excuse for ARIN here, what they've done with us has *NO* rational > >explanation. > >-- > >Jeff McAdams Email: [email protected] > >Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 > >IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456 >
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