Private ASN space

Joe Abley jabley@clear.co.nz
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:09:28 +1200


On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 12:37:25AM -0400, Craig Metz wrote:
> 
>   Would someone kindly remind me what the reserved-for-private-use ASNs are?
> 
>   I need an ASN for use with my 6Bone routers (my == me, not NRL), and getting
> a "real" one is well outside my budget. Barring constructive objections, I'd
> like to claim one of the private ones for this purpose.

RFC1930: Guidelines for creation, selection and registration of
an Autonomous System (AS), J. Hawkinson, T. Bates, March 1996.

...
10. Reserved AS Numbers

   The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the
   following block of AS numbers for private use (not to be advertised
   on the global Internet):

                           64512 through 65535
...

-- 
Joe Abley <jabley@clear.co.nz>      Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008
Te Kaihoahoa Kawei, CLEAR Communications Ltd      http://www.clear.net.nz/