The AS is register with http://www.radb.net/ And now we use BGP between our 3 upstream provider, but we will change them to one Upstream and there will not be BGP between us. So Think technically we after the change we will not need this AS number. Is this correct Thanks Eng. Saleh Diab SCS-Net ISP Network Operations Dept. Supervisor +963 11 9981 Ext 3344 P.O. Box: 13365 Damascus-Syria -----Original Message----- From: Florian Weimer [mailto:fweimer@bfk.de] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:43 PM To: Eng. Saleh Diab Cc: db-help@ripe.net Subject: Re: Question about RADb * Eng. Saleh Diab:
We have AS number from RADb,
Do you mean ARIN or RIPE, perhaps?
but due to some issues, we will change our upstream provider to another one in which we will be under his AS
So do we need the AS number anymore?
Some IP carriers require that you use your own AS number. You need to check your contracts, we can tell you if that's the case. Technically, you only need your own globally unique AS number if you have got customers which have routers which speak BGP with your network. -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99