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 % Provider Independent (PI) Assignment Request Form

% RIPE NCC members (LIRs) and Direct Assignment Users can use this form
% to request a PI assignment. Please see "Supporting Notes for the 
% Provider Independent (PI) Assignment Request Form" for instructions on 
% how to complete this form.
% http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/pi-requestsupport.html
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RIPE Internet Network Numbers Template
D.Karrenberg
Aug 1992
To whom it may concern,
The RIPE Network Coordination Centre now handles all requests for IP network numbers from European organisations. Our aim is to provide a rapid and efficient service to all European organisations. As this is a recent initiative, procedures for handling network number requests are in the process of being established. Therefore we apologise in advance for any duplication of effort that may be required by you due to new forms and templates. As the European NIC, we require different information to that required by the US and for it to be presented in a format which is both easy for you to complete and for us to process. Before your application can be processed any further, you will need to complete the enclosed templates and return them to the appropriate organisation responsible for issuing IP network numbers. In most cases this will be your IP service provider or the RIPE NCC. Before completion of the template, please be sure to read the following text and examples carefully which will guide you.
A new classless IP addressing scheme called CIDR has recently been adopted to cope with routing table growth and address space exhaustion problems in the Internet. Under this scheme it is beneficial for everyone to get their network numbers allocated via their respective IP service providers. Your IP service provider is the organisation providing external connectivity to your network. If you are planning to connect your network to other networks outside your organisation in the foreseeable future we strongly urge you to get numbers allocated from your current or prospective IP service provider. Alternatively, if this is not likely, then you will be allocated a number from a different part of the address space by the RIPE NCC. Please pay careful attention to this matter.
Class A and B network numbers are a scarce resource and some justification in terms of expected network size and structure will be needed before such a number can be allocated. Class A numbers will only be assigned to networks which technically need more than 65000 hosts to be on one network number. A detailed technical justification is needed, review takes place on a global scale and the allocation process can take several months. Similarly due to class B scarcity, a reasonable number of class C numbers will be assigned over class B. If you can engineer your network to use multiple class C numbers, it is strongly advised. Please note that the End User should have a signed "End User 
% Assignment Agreement" with either the sponsoring LIR or the RIPE NCC.

#[GENERAL INFORMATION]#
%
% Please add your RegID.

request-type: pi-ipv4
form-version: 1.3
x-ncc-regid: 

#[ADDRESS SPACE USER]#
%
% Who will use the requested address space?

legal-organisation-name:      
organisation-location: 
website-if-available: 

% Is this request being sent by a sponsoring LIR on behalf of 
% an End User? (Yes/No)

end-user-of-sponsoring-lir: 

% If yes, please confirm that the "End User Assignment Agreement" 
% contains all of the elements listed in paragraph 2.0 of "Contractual
% Requirements for Provider Independent Resource Holders in the 
% RIPE NCC Service Region".(Yes/No)

confirmation:

% Does this End User already have address space that can be used for 
% this assignment? (Yes/No)

space-available: 

#[INITIAL INFORMATION]#
%
% Why is PI address space required rather than PA address space?

why-pi:

% Is the End User requesting extra address space for routing and/or 
% administrative reasons? (Yes/No)

routing-reasons:

% Is the End User aware of the consequences and disadvantages 
% of PI address space? (Yes/No)

confirmation:


#[ADDRESSING PLAN]#
% As of 1 January 2010 assignments are for a period of up to 12 months.
% As of 1 July 2010 assignments are for a period of up to 9 months.
% As of 1 January 2011 assignments are for a period of up to 6 months.
% As of 1 July 2011 assignments are for a period of up to 3 months.%
% How will the End User use this address space?
%
%       Subnet       Immediate    Intermediate  Entire   Purpose
%       size (/nn)   Requirement  Requirement   Period

subnet:
subnet:
totals:

number-of-subnets: 

% Will the End User return any address space?

address-space-returned: 

#[EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION]#
%
% What equipment will be used and how will it use the requested
% address space?

equipment-name:
manufacturer-name:
model-number:
other-data:

equipment-name:
manufacturer-name:
model-number:
other-data:

#[NETWORK DESCRIPTION]#
%
% Please add more information if you think it will help us understand
% this request.

<add more information>

#[SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION]#
%
% If this request is being sent by a sponsoring LIR on behalf of 
% an End User, please attach a copy of the signed "End User Assignment
% Agreement" and the company registration papers of the End User.
% You can also attach a network diagram or other supporting 
% documentation.
%
% Have you attached any files/documents to this request? (Yes/No)

file-attached:

#[DATABASE TEMPLATE(S)]#
%
% Please complete all of the fields below. 

inetnum:       <leave empty>
netname:       <add netname>
descr:         <add End User organisation name>
country:       <add country code>
org:           <add org-ID>
admin-c:       <add nic-handle of administrative contact>
tech-c:        <add nic-handle of technical contact>
status:        ASSIGNED PI
mnt-by:        RIPE-NCC-END-MNT
mnt-lower:     RIPE-NCC-END-MNT
mnt-by:        <add mntner name>
mnt-routes:    <add mntner name>
mnt-domains:   <add mntner name>
changed:       [email protected]
source:        RIPE


#[END of REQUEST]#


 
 

Appended to this letter is a blank template for IP number registration, which we would be extremely grateful if you complete and return to the appropriate organisation responsible for issuing IP network numbers. In most cases this will be your IP service provider. It may of course also be the RIPE NCC.

If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact the NCC. Please note that all queries should, if possible, be made through e-mail and sent to <[email protected]>. If you do not have access to electronic mail, then we prefer to communicate by fax rather than by ordinary mail. You can reach us at:

Phone: +31 20 592 5065
Telefax: +31 20 592 5090
Kruislaan 409
NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

If we do not hear from you in the near future we will assume that you have contacted your IP service provider.

Yours sincerely,

The RIPE NCC staff