Re: When the request gets big

To: "Miguel A.L. Paraz" <map at iphil dot net>
Subject: Re: When the request gets big
From: "David R. Conrad" <davidc at apnic dot net>
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 18:32:06 +0900
Cc: davidc at apnic dot net (David R. Conrad), apnic-talk at apnic dot net
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 May 1997 16:56:24 +0800." <199705300856.QAA32555 at marikit dot iphil dot net>
Sender: owner-apnic-talk@apnic.net

Hi,

>Assume our customer has the need for 1024 additional addresses.  To simplify
>routing I would like to give them a /22, but I do not have any single /22
>free.  Can I request for more space on this grounds, or should I consume
>the 1024 addresses in 4 /24 chunks?

Likely the latter -- if you have sufficient space but the space is
discontiguous, it will probably be harder to justify the special
allocation simply because it would make your routing easier...

>If I'm not mistaken any additional allocation will be a totally different
>block and we won't be able to stretch our net to a /18?  

All we guarantee is a /19, however we try to allow for larger blocks.

>BTW, what software do you use for keeping the registry running?

ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/software/ripe-dbase-2.0.4.tar.gz

Regards,
-drc
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