what ASN to use?

horape@tinuviel.compendium.net.ar horape@tinuviel.compendium.net.ar
Mon, 22 Jan 2001 19:08:23 -0300


¡Hola!

I want to start using BGP4+ but I have not an ASN. I plan to eventually
become a pTLA, so i cannot just ask my upstream and use any IANA-RSVD2
ASN.

What should i do? The options I see are:

a. Use a IANA-RSVD[2] ASN and go ahead hoping nobody is going to start
filtering them out (there are 15 sites in the 6bone registry using rsvd
ASNs and only a few using BGP4+)

b. Use my IPv4 upstream provider ASN and hope they won't enter the 6bone.
(there is at least one pTLA doing that)

Some other option?

Thanks,
					HoraPe
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Horacio J. Peña
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