Hello, I have "little" question (but notice that I'm not a guru in BGP-routing and RIPE-problems). We want to connect a customer which don't want to register as a new AS. But he wants a connect to 2 provivers (different AS's). We have tried to get PI-space from RIPE but the automaticly response told us the following: -------- Quote -------- 1. Why is PI space required rather than PA space? - If PI is requested for multi-homing please explain why the second provider cannot route PA space as a more specific route(with the PA block holder adding a more specific route too). - The same policies apply to PI space as PA. Administrative ease and/or routing are not reasons for PI. Please read the information about PA/PI from the RIPE Document, IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies in the RIPE NCC Service Region, Sections 5.1.5 and 5.1.6: -------- Unquote -------- Can anyone tell me what is to do for that the second provider is able to announce the /24-PA from the first provider (to emulate a multihomed connection) or is it only possible to use the second provider for backup with the same space? wait hopefully for tips or hints regards, Janko Thoß -- envia.tel GmbH Projektmanager Leipziger Str. 116 b 04425 Taucha Tel.: +49 (0) 341 / 120 7069 Fax: +49 (0) 341 / 120 7052 Mobil: +49 (0) 173 / 379 0048 eMail: janko.thoss@envia-tel.de Web: http://www.envia-tel.de