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Guide toInternet number resources
ARiNs cr srvc s h managmn an srbn inrn Nmbr Rsrcs:
inrn Prcl (iP) arsss an Anms Sysm Nmbrs (ASNs) ns whn
Canaa, h un Sas, an many Carbban an Nrh Alanc slans.
Wha xacly ar inrn Nmbr Rsrcs?
Why hy mar, an hw ar hy s?
Lets start at the top.
Hawaii
Canada
United States
US MinorOutlying Islands
JAMAICA
ANGUILLA
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
CARIBBEAN & NORTH ATLANTIC ISLANDS
ST. MARTIN
SAINT BARTHELEMY
DOMINICA
SAINT LUCIA
GRENADA
ST. PIERRE
AND MIQUELON
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Wha i a IP Add?An I Pl (IP) s a s chncal rls ha
ns hw cmprs cmmnca vr a nwrk. An IP
add s a nmbr ha ns a vc n a cmpr
nwrk an s s mv nrman n h inrn.
evy dvi dily d h I
hav a iq IP add.
Why tw Pl?th inrn as w knw ay s a vasly rn
nvrnmn han h nwrk ha iPv4 was rgnally
sgn sppr. in ac, ngnrs s wrk vlpng
iPv6 as sn as hy ralz ha iPv4 was n sppr a
glbal cmmrcal inrn a sysm was nvr sgn
r n h rs plac. ths csn ccrr n h 1990s, lng
br h xplsn mbl vcs, a rn ha cnncs
mr vcs h inrn vry ay.
iP arsss cm n w vrsns: IP vi 4 (IPv4) an
IP vi 6 (IPv6). iPv4 was h rs wly s inrn
Prcl, an accns r ms ays inrn rac.
iPv6 s a nwr nmbrng sysm, ply n 1999, ha ss
hxacmal nan r mr nmrcal cmbnans.
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th chncal ncnaly h inrn rmans h sam wh
bh vrsns an s lkly ha bh vrsns wll cnn
pra smlansly n nwrks wll n h r. t a,
ms nwrks ha s iPv6 als sppr iPv4.
Dplyd 1981 1999
Add siz 32-i 128-i
Add
Fa
Dd Dial nai:
192.149.252.76
Hxadial nai:
3FFe:F200:0234:Ab00:
0123:4567:8901:AbcD
Pfx
nai 192.149.0.0/24 3FFe:F200:0234::/48
n
Add232 = ~4,294,967,296
2128 = ~340,282,366,
920,938,463,463,374,
607,431,768,211,456
Glally, h a availal w IPv4
add i hik.t kp h inrngrwng, rganzans wll n ransn iPv6
an mak s h vasly largr arss pl. iPv4 an
iPv6 wll lkly cxs r yars, b rganzans ms
sar plyng iPv6 nw nsr hy can cnn
cmmnca wh vryn n h inrn.
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Wha i a A sy?An Anms Sysm (AS) s a grp n r mr iP prxs rn
by n r mr nwrk prars ha manans a sngl, clarly
n rng plcy. An iP prx s a ls iP arsss ha can b
rach rm ha iSPs nwrk. th nwrk prars ms hav
an Anms Sysm Nmbr (ASN) cnrl rng whn hr
nwrks an xchang rng nrman wh hr iSPs.
As typ A li-hd As s cnnc w r mr ASs. ths allws
manan s cnncn h inrn vn n AS cnncn a
A As s cnnc nly n hr AS. Sbs may hav hr
prva cnncns, b pblcly appar hav nly n cnnc
h rs h inrn.
A ai As acs as a lnk bwn w r mr hr ASs, allwng
r aa pass hrgh , vn aa rm nassca nwrks.
iSPs, r xampl, r hr csmrs an hr csmrs nwr
accss hr nwrks an h inrn va rans AS.
Wha i rig?Rng s h ac mvng nrman hrgh a cmpr nwrk.
on h inrn, nrman s spl n packs, ach nvallylabl wh s lma snan, an iP arss. Spcalz
vcs call rrs pass packs rm h src cmpr s
snan by analyzng a rng abl rmn h bs pah.
each pack can ak a rn pah, wh all packs rassmblng
pn arrval a hr snan.
Wha i a rig tal?A rng abl s a ls nwrks sr n a rrs mmry, s
rwar packs h rgh snan. Rrs hav a n
amn mmry an prcssng pwr, s h smallr h sz
h rng abl, h asr an mr n packs wll g hr
snans. th rcn ncras n inrn-nabl vcs has la
a largr rng abl sz, crang an ngng challng r rr
manacrrs an nwrk amnsrars.
Wha D ArIn Hav DWih rig?ARiN hlps kp h glbal rng abl a a managabl sz by
allcang larg blcks iP arsss ha cra a sngl nry
n h abl. organzans manag hr larg blcks, rhr
allcang smallr blcks rm ns hr nwrks. ths allws
many ns s a sngl larg blck, rahr han ach nwrk
havng s wn allcan, an hrr rcs rng abl
grwh. Anally, ARiNs inrn nmbr rsrc srbn
plcs smms mpac h glbal rng abl, an nvalnwrk prars. Rsrcs allca by ARiN ar n garan
b r n h inrn, b ARiN srvs m h ns
h iSP rng cmmny hrgh s cmmny-bas Plcy
dvlpmn Prcss.
Hw a I n r Diid?iP arsss an ASNs ar srb n a glbal lvl rm h inrn Assgn Nmbrs Ahry (iANA). iANA srbs larg blcks
h v Rgnal inrn Rgsrs (RiRs), nclng ARiN. RiRs assgn ASNs an allca smallr iP arss blcks Nanal inrn
Rgsrs (NiRs), Lcal inrn Rgsrs (LiRs), an inrn Srvcs Prvrs (iSPs) n hr rgns. ths rganzans hn assgn iP
arsss hr csmrs.
NIR/LIR/ISPRIR
End-user
ISPIANA allocate allocate allocate
End-user End-user
assign
assign
assign
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Wh mak up h I
thial ciy?Many npnn rganzans wrk ghr crna cran
chncal pars h inrn. Sm h rganzans nvlv ncl:
AFrInIc - Arcan Nwrk inrman Cnr (RiR)APnIc - Asa Pacc Nwrk inrman Cnr (RiR)
ArIn- Amrcan Rgsry r inrn Nmbrs (RiR)
IAnA - inrn Assgn Nmbrs Ahry
IcAnn- inrn Crpran r Assgn Nams an Nmbrs
IetF - inrn engnrng task Frc
Isoc - inrn Scy
LAcnIc- Lan Amrcan an Carbban inrn Arsss Rgsry (RiR)
nAnoG - Nrh Amrcan Nwrk oprars Grp
nro - Nmbr Rsrc organzan
rIPe ncc - RiPe Nwrk Crnan Cnr (RiR)
ths rganzans hlp wh:
tchncal prcls an sanars
inrn nmbr rsrc srbn an managmn
Cnncvy
Plcy vlpmn & mplmnan
ecan an ranng
th chnlgs, rsrcs, an srvcs s rn h inrn
ar hghly nrpnn an rqr a sgncan amn
crnan, amnsran, an ay--ay managmn. each
rganzan has a spcc rl an prvs namnal val
h vrall ncnng h inrn.
ths rganzans hav cnrb h ncrbl grwh
an sably h inrn ay. thr ar wll-sablsh
mchansms, nclng mngs, malng lss, an bm-p
plcy vlpmn prcsss ha nabl rc parcpan
by any nrs pary. ths nsrs ha plcs ar n by
hs ms ac by hm, an ar fxbl ngh aap
changng cmmny ns.
t q IPv6 add y gaizaica ArIn rgiai svi Dpa a 703.227.0660 (w 7Am ad 7Pm et)
a ha@ArIn.
Addiial ArIn rARiN s cnssnly spprng h plymn iPv6 hrgh can an rach.t kp p wh all ARiNs acvs, y can:
Fllw tam ARiN n h ra a www.taArIn.
Fllw ARiN n twr a www.wi./taArIn
Lk ARiN n Facbk a hp://www.ak./taArIn
Wach ARiN vs n Ytb a www.y./taArIn
Larn ab iPv6 mplmnan n h iPv6 Wk a hp://www.gipv6.i/
G nvlv n ARiNs cmmny-rvn Plcy dvlpmn Prcss a hp://www.ai./paiipa/ig/