as i understand it, you cant do bgp at all under 5 On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:47 AM, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote:
> James, > > As far as I know, you can't buy an existing ASN for any amount of money. > You can buy the company that owns it, but that seems like boiling tea with > a blowtorch. > > I sincerely doubt there are unused low-number ASNs, but you could always > ask ARIN. > > I'm curious what your client's rationale is for wanting a low ASN. It > can't be efficiency, since the numbers all take the same number of bits > ultimately. If they just like small numbers, I'd advise them to forget it > -- life is too short. If they have a real technical reason that nobody has > foreseen (or at least I haven't foreseen), I'd love to hear it. > > > -mel beckman > > > On Oct 11, 2017, at 10:01 PM, James Breeden <ja...@arenalgroup.co> > wrote: > > > > Hello NANOG... > > > > I have a client interested in picking up a new AS number but they really > want it to be 3 or 4 digits in length. > > > > Is there a process to request this from ARIN, or doss anyone know of > unused ASns fitting this that anyone is looking to sell for some quick cash? > > > > Thanks! > > James > > > > > > > > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone >
