Re: Renumbering and the Feb 15-16 NANOG meeting

[Paul Ferguson <pferguso () cisco com>]

Craig,

I think that this would be an opportune time to mention the PIER [Procedures
for Internet/Enterprise Renumbering] WG; the issues that you mentioned below
fall with PIER's charter to accomplish. 

I would recommend that anyone interested get involved with PIER; information
on the PIER mailing list is available at:
   
          http://www.isi.edu:80/div7/pier/papers.html

We also have a block scheduled at the LA IETF, tentatively on Wed. March 6.

- paul


At 06:54 PM 2/17/96 -0800, Craig A. Huegen wrote:

> The problem, you ask?  I don't see very many resources available which 
> help ISP's to renumber more easily--time line planners, reminder lists 
> with commonly-missed parameters, etc.
>
> I realize that renumbering is a fact of life--my last post, however, 
> shows my true feelings regarding most pre-CIDR blocks; that their 
> providers should be willing to allow customers to keep using the space they 
> allocated in the pre-CIDR days.
>
> If there are these renumbering resources available, make sure that the small 
> and big providers alike are making them available to the customers who are 
> willing to attempt a re-number.  Make sure the customer service of the 
> provider is willing to deal with the complexities of renumbering (and 
> keep in mind it _IS_ a very complex project--EVERYTHING from IP addresses 
> to static routes to applications which are hard-coded). Unfortunately, the ISP
> that I saw change providers didn't have this help at their fingertips--they 
> could have potentially saved almost all of the customers they lost.