Hi Chris,
On 2021-08-26 00:33, Chris Smith wrote:
Hi Nick,
I am aware there will be a slim chance for this to happen but having a 44net subnet directly routed would be super amazing. I am aware that "normal" providers likely won't do this except for business customers (at many $$$/months) and likely the subnet needs to be large (>=/24?)
We do allow members to announce their own prefix via BGP, some have their own ASN and do it themselves, others have an existing provider do it for them. A popular choice is Vultr who will rent you a cheap VM and you can run Bird/FRR/Quagga/etc on it and announce your prefix to them via a private ASN, they will then announce it to the DFZ under their own ASN. You can then either use the address space on the VM, or tunnel back to your shack for use there.
Wow, this is amazing! Thank you very much for this info.
Initially I thought I wanted an *ISP* who routes me the subnet but now that I think about it, a solution like Vultr seems to be the better choice because it's ISP independent.
It seems there is not even a charge to announce a net over BGP.
-> Does anyone who uses Vultr already want to provide me with a referral? (PM)
-> Out of curiosity, are there also people out there who managed to get their 44 routed via their ISP?
Best, Nick