On Jan 16, 2009, at 9:43 PM, Andrew Alston wrote:
I'm VERY worried that people are going to be applying for ASN's, not
quite understanding this whole 32bit/16bit ASN scenario as they are
new to BGP and new to the whole game, and get handed 32bit ASN's by
default which a.) they cannot use on their own equipment unless its
absolutely cutting edge (and even most of that doesnt yet support
this) or b.) if they are lucky enough to HAVE equipment that
supports 32bit ASN's will find that there is no one out there that
can neighbor with them for peering or transit!
I'm not asking that we revoke the policy, that would be contrary to
what every other RIR is doing, I'm asking for a warning, which by
the way RIPE has also put on their documents according to someone I
spoke to there today.
Any comments/thoughts?
On the ASN request template (http://www.afrinic.net/forms/affrm-asn200501.htm
), i read
# 4-BYTE OR 2-BYTE AS NUMBER ?
# # Please indicate what length (in bytes) of AS Number
# you are requesting. (example, 2-byte or 4-byte). Please note
# that 4-byte ASNs are a new standard and that some equipment
# may need a firmware upgrade in order to support 4-byte ASNs.
--alain
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