Many thanks, Marc - that's a good tip. I'll have forgotten it tomorrow, though, so I agree with Christian's plea. Mike ---------- From: Marc Roger[SMTP:Marc.Roger@belnet.be] Sent: 11 November 1998 18:04 To: Christian Panigl, ACOnet/UniVie Cc: routing-wg@ripe.net Subject: Re: unknown/undocumented AS numbers Christian, For the ARIN database (and some others), try not adding "AS" before the AS number, as in: % whois -h whois.arin.net 11042 Orion Network Systems, Inc. (ASN-ONSI-NET1) 2440 Research Blvd., Suite 400 Rockville, MD 20850 US Autonomous System Name: ONSI-NET1 Autonomous System Number: 11042 Coordinator: Azizi, Peyman (PA-ARIN) pazizi@ONSI.COM (301)670-6576 (FAX) (301)590-7401 Record last updated on 18-Mar-98. Database last updated on 10-Nov-98 16:11:10 EDT. The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related Information and nic.mil for NIPRNET Information. On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Christian Panigl, ACOnet/UniVie wrote:
$ whois -h whois.ra.net -a AS11042 %% No entries found for the selected source(s).
$ whois -h whois.arin.net AS11042 [...] No match for "AS11042". [...]
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