Picking a RIR/obtaining an AS/ressurrecting a legacy space

Thu Jul 6 17:14:24 UTC 2023

On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 7:29 AM Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyway, LibreQos would really like to obtain a BGP AS number from some
> RIR (or is there an unused BGP AS transfer market?)

The other part of your question was AS numbers. From your starting
point, this is easier. You'll need contracts with two BGP speaking
service providers and control of at least a /24 of IP addresses.
Virtual server provider like Vultr will be fine for this (they do BGP
with customers) but you'll need two. You'll also need an official
business, so stand up an LLC. They're cheap. Then go to ARIN and
register the LLC as an org. Once registered, request an AS number.
Show control of the IP block and the two ISP contracts as your
evidence of multihoming. Pay the fee and that should be all there is
to it.

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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