Keep in mind that most University network engineering teams are understaffed, so they tend to shy away from supporting "one-off" configurations that deviate from their campus standard configuration. There is probably no easy way to deliver 44-net traffic from the campus' border routers to your amateur radio station's location without creating a custom path (VLAN or MPLS VPN) through the University's network. Your best bet is to see if there is a network engineer in the network engineering group that is also a Ham :-). On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 7:35 PM, K7VE - John &lt;k7ve(a)k7ve.org&gt; wrote: > (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) > _______________________________________________ > I think the University can advertise through their ASN -- but you do need a > delegation from ARDC and having a conversation with your head of network > operations wouldn't hurt. Since its amateur radio you could put your > D-STAR and APRS gateways on it. > > > ------------------------------ > John D. Hays > K7VE > PO Box 1223, Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 > <http://k7ve.org/blog> <http://twitter.com/#!/john_hays> > <http://www.facebook.com/john.d.hays> > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Eric Fort &lt;eric.fort(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) >> _______________________________________________ >> Has the university given reason as to why they will not advertize 44net or >> allow you to announce your subnet via BGP. This could be as simple as a >> basic misunderstanding as to their authority to do so or it could be any >> number of other factors such as not wanting to maintain such a connection >> or any headaces they percieve it could generate. Sometimes dialoguing as >> to the reasons why matters and can make a difference. Think for a minute >> about the advantage their doing the announcement (or allowing you to) >> brings to the school. >> >> Basicly to do this yourself you'll need a 44/24 subnet, your own asn, and >> connectivity to other providers or hopefully a peering exchange. Getting >> setup with PENNRen might be a good option, especially if they will announce >> your subnet for you, and even better if they have fiber into your school. >> >> Eric >> AF6EP >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Jim Alles &lt;kb3tbx(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >> > (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Ok, so I am a licensed HAM, an amateur that has no formal education or >> job >> > experience regarding networking. However, I believe I have a better >> handle >> > on IT than most hams in general, present company excluded. (Anything I >> can >> > do to help) >> > >> > I am assisting the Penn State Amateur Radio Club, a student organization, >> > to get a couple of 1Gb network backbone connections lit up. One is >> > dedicated to a D-star gateway (K3CR). The other location is the ham >> shack, >> > for web browsing and other future uses, such as APRS Igate, IRLP or >> > Asterisk. >> > >> > We will have a /29 assigned by the University. The two Microtik routers >> we >> > have purchased are capable of BGP. The university will not advertise >> 44net, >> > or allow me to announce BGP. sigh. >> > >> > Does anyone have any suggestions? >> > >> > Another regional resource we have in the state of Pennsylvania is >> PennREN. >> > It is a partnership that built out fiber optics in a figure-eight >> footprint >> > all around the state. They can provide connectivity (I would like to get >> a >> > VPN server co-located in their facilities), but they also have dark fiber >> > available. >> > >> > My long-term vision is to have a 501c(3) organized by hams light up a >> > couple of those strands to create a regional 44net. Local hams/clubs >> would >> > each have to provide their own 'last mile' >> > >> > I believe there is a group in Pittsburgh already doing something similar. >> > >> > I want to learn enough to understand the conversation. Thanks for the >> > video! >> > >> > Jim Alles, KB3TBX >> >