[lir-wg] Re: [ipv6-wg at ripe.net] IPv6 TLAs for mobile operators

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:43:05PM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> At 05:39 PM 14-11-02 +0100, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
> 
> d) have a plan for making at least 200 /48 assignments to other 
> organisations within two years.
> 
> I am an NREN comprising 8 universities.  Not an ISP.  How are we supposed 
> to get a /48 or a /32 for research purposes that can be used for 
> multihoming?

The "rules" are clearly shot as far as NRENs go, but having said that the
bulk of the European NRENs now have SubTLA space, so one deduces that RIPE
is sympathetic to their situation when making assignments.  After all, there
are only so many - some 30 or so - NRENs to give SubTLAs to.

Regarding second prefixes for multihoming, there is a GEANT testbed for
NRENs to which ~10 NRENs are attached at the moment.  We are also reusing
AS8933 and the GTPv6 6bone prefix to offer /34's to interested NRENs (we
are also using this for things such as IPv6 Multicast).  A Hitachi GR2000 
in the UK and a Juniper M5 in Paris are being used for this.  Expect a new
push in work there after IETF week.

Tim