My guess is that only Brian (or another officer of the ARDC) can legally issue an LOA to an ISP. Allowing local coordinators to issue LOAs could be problematic. -Neil On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Eric Fort <eric.fort(a)gmail.com> wrote: > (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) > _______________________________________________ > It never struck me that Brian Kantor needed to directly allocate space that > is to be announced as technically it shouldn't matter where or how you > received the allocation (local coordinator or otherwise) only that The > powers that be within AMPRnet issue the proper LOA to allow it's > announcement. > > Eric Fort > AF6EP > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Neil Johnson <neil.johnson(a)erudicon.com>wrote;wrote: > >> (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) >> _______________________________________________ >> So I don't flood Brian with direct allocation requests and do my part >> for keeping the global BGP routing table from expanding faster, I >> just added this caveat to the wiki documentation.. >> >> NOTE: Direct announcements of AMPRNet address allocations are usually >> reserved for larger regional or country wide networks. Please consult >> with your regional allocation coordinator and the AMPRNet network >> administrator to determine whether directly announcing your AMPRNet >> allocation is appropriate. >> >> -Neil >> >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Bryan Fields <Bryan(a)bryanfields.net> >> wrote: >> > (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) >> > _______________________________________________ >> > On 4/20/14, 7:27 PM, Neil Johnson wrote: >> >> I've summarized Eric's explanation and added an entry to the wiki. >> >> >> >> http://wiki.ampr.org/index.php/Announcing_your_allocation_directly >> > >> > +1. >> > >> > I think the point is if you have to ask how to connect (announce) your >> /24 to >> > the internet you probably shouldn't be doing it on your own, your ISP >> needs to >> > do it for you. Perhaps a overview of internet routing process is >> needed, as I >> > want the 44/net to be a place to learn, but we need to ensure people >> > understand what they are doing before messing with the global table. >> > >> > This is quite simple, but the LoA (letter of authority) and required >> > information can be daunting to those who've never done it before. >> > >> > >> > Also, if you're on the digest version, can you change the subject of your >> > reply? I've been ignoring this thread since I didn't feel like reading >> it all >> > at once. >> > >> > 73's >> > -- >> > Bryan Fields >> > >> > 727-409-1194 - Voice >> > 727-214-2508 - Fax >> > http://bryanfields.net >> > _________________________________________ >> > 44Net mailing list >> > 44Net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu >> > http://hamradio.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/44net >> >> >> >> -- >> Neil Johnson >> http://erudicon.com >> _________________________________________ >> 44Net mailing list >> 44Net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu >> http://hamradio.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/44net >> >