[44net] 44net and internal BGP tests

Good afternoon, just to let you know, we are testing a new BGP setup between our 44net routers. (This has *nothing* to do with a BGP connection to the internet!!) As the 1023 16-bit ASN numbers are in use mostly in DL and surrounding countries, we were looking for another larger ASN space. The logical alternative is the 32-bit ASN space. The ASNs 42XXXXXXXX are reserved for private use by IANA (except the last ASN!). In order to avoid potential collisions we intend to use the ASNs 42270XXXXX in LX. 270 is the MNC (E.212) for LX (with some inspiration from DMR). We will soon publish the exact ranges in use and I will publish the URL here asap. If anybody of you is already using ASNs from the ranges mentioned above, please let me know. Nothing is written in stone, so we can still rearrange our setup HI :-). If someone of you is interested to setup a BGP session on the existing IPIP tunnel or on a dedicated IPIP, GRE, ... tunnel, please also get in touch with me. We are currently running the following services in our 44net: - 2 DMR repeaters - several D-Star HotSpots - DNS resolvers open to 44net (Anycasted), secondary DNS Service available for fellow YLs and OMs - NTP servers (Anycasted) - VoIP (SIP) and Jabber (XMPP) server - VPN - (planned) APRS Server - (planned) connect existing APRS I-GATEs - (planned) Hosting of HAM webs - (planned) Hosting of HAM email services 73 de Marc, LX1DUC