[44net] Testers/Consideration/Inquiry - Coordinating the Private AS Numbers

All, ASNs 64,512 to 65,534 of the original 16-bit AS range, and 4,200,000,000 to 4,294,967,294 of the 32-bit range are commonly used amongst persons on the same network to coordinate routing, etc. While, it's not yet feasible, there is much research into technologies (e.g. space elevators), willingness of sponsors for satellites/availability/etc., and availability of machines, embedded devices, network cards, etc. tinkering into consumer-grade hardware capable of multi homing and routing. Also, lets recall, some of our operators have access to carrier-grade devices as well. Considerations: - those on BGP'd islands of the Public Internet (announcing their allocations with LOAs/Public ASNs,etc.) would still be so (this is no different than stations with allocations that use their allocations in a manner that would not route back to AMPR anyway), they must be considered as those taking allocations to use without AMPR connection, but there are more options for current and future connectivity with BGP - RIP44 can still remain in use. In addition, there are multiple methods to remove your own routes and those of others. You simply remove the route of those you peer with, change metrics, etc. - My router (and, I would assume those of many others that have been flashed, etc.) are capable of forwarding packets, regardless of source/destination IP. We could test the possibility of switching from a star (reliance on AMPRGW's 100% uptime for 'real-time' route updates) to a mesh, where we peer with those who choose, have a large connection, are physically interconnected to one another, etc. - (in the future) anyone, including those on the Public Internet, could volunteer to announce more specific routes for IPIP allocations (with the proper authorization requested by the allocation holder) and then maintain a tunnel, RF link, etc. - could connect to someone who could provide the AMPRGW. - there is a movement in many areas to establish HSMM in many regions of the world, but there have been many hindrances to their ability to a.) interconnect beyond their island-of-connectivity and 2.) not rely on the same factor/conditions that could cause a loss of commodity Internet connectivity in order to reach other subnets - in these considerations, AMPRNet's 100% reliance on AMPRGW and not devising methods not to rely on the commodity Internet for Islands of interconnectivity could cause issues in a real emergency scenario Goal: - to attempt to alleviate load/reliance on AMPRGW - provide redundancy - test the possibility to geographical alternatives to AMPRGW - consider test the need of issuance of private ASN space for these purposes TEST: I'm looking for anyone currently using IPIP only that's GEOGRAPHICALLY CLOSER (I am connected to the Internet through Verizon via Ashburn/Wash.DC) to me than AMPRGR, AND/OR a BGP's station willing to coordinate establishment of a point-to-point VPN tunnel, over which we will announce our own allocations and/or those in the AMPR test subnet. I am willing to assist with documentation, graphing etc. To-do: - Establish sessions - setup test hosts - test multihoming, availability, etc. - test route prioritization, etc. - lastly, test (with permission) loss of a stations default route via tunl0 and using the other session - test with stations who may be located physically nearby (fiber, RF, etc.) ***Please let me know your thoughts, opinions, etc.*** 73, - Lynwood KB3VWG