Hi, On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 10:25:55PM +0200, Sebastian Willing wrote:

Gert Doering wrote:

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(For the IXes, the *peering mesh* LAN is. The services network is not)

...and I don't see any reason for the peering LAN to be announced to others than the IX-member-ASs. So, a /48 (or less) should be no problem. You may even choose to not announce it within your structure.

That's why we have a special policy for neutral-but-unrouteable prefixes (at least "possibly unrouteable") for IXes - for the peering mesh *only*. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 45077 (47584) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299