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My ISPs lack of support for IPv6 got me into BGP.

I now run my own ASN, rent a server with a BGP session that’s pretty close to my home (~50km/2ms), and tunnel v6 over that.

I have a /32 of v6. That’s 2^96 individual addresses. Or 65k /48s.

It was a great learning experience actually and is within the reach of anyone. You can get a BGP enabled VPS for $5/month, and ASN and a /40 for $50/lifetime.

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Could you please explain how to get an ASN and a /40 for $50/lifetime? I only know the option where you pay a yearly fee.

The guy I got my ASN no longer files them, but this guy also comes highly recommended.

https://ifog.ch/en/ip/lir-services

CHF 60/lifetime for natural persons , which is about $60.

The guy that did my ASNs still does IP space - https://my.cloudie.sh/index.php?rp=/store/lir-services

$10/y for a /40.

A bit more expensive than the $50/lifetime that I promised, but that was the deal I got from Cloudie.

Once you've been allocated your ASN and /32 subnet, is there any requirement that they continue to be used, or is it ok to sit on it for later use too?

My IP space is PA, it’s allocated by a LIR.

RIPE does have a requirement that you use your ASN, and that it’s multihomed.

Multihoming rule isn’t enforced (meaning a single upstream is fine), but they do require you to actually use it.

You got some hints for how/where to get that ASN and /40?

When I looked into this I only found relatively expensive options.

I’d love to see a write-up of how you did this! It’s been on my bucket list for a while.

You can also get a tunnel going through https://tunnelbroker.net/. I use this with my PFsense gateway.

I got a /44 for a small price(It was free, but I payed for it). No ASN.

Announced one /48 over AWS and tunneled to it to browse the internet via my own IPv6. It works fine.

I find it mildly horrifying that they hand out /32s.

There can be as many /32s in IPv6 as devices on the IPv4 internet.

RIPE hands out a /29 to any member without any requirements. For anything beyond a /29 you need to prove that you actually need it, but /29s they hand out like candies. As a LIR you can then lease out /32s. And when you run out of space to lease, request more space.

I know a guy with 15x /29s.

I actually find this scary too, but I mean, it’s /29s, not /8s.

It is quite expensive to be a full member of RIPE though. Most people with smaller requirements can go through a sponsoring LIR to get PI space (like a /48).

> You can get a BGP enabled VPS for $5/month

Honestly, where do I get that ?

Which RIR? I think you have a typo on that price

RIPE, via a LIR, but it doesn’t matter, because ASNs are end-user resources. IP space is all PA though.

The /32 I’m renting however.

Ah the dollar sign made me think you were in ARIN, and they used to charge $550 for new ASNs

You can get an ASN and IP space from RIPE (or a RIPE LIR) even if you’re in ARIN area geographically.

All you need is proof of network presence within RIPE region (and yes, a $5/mo BGP VPS from Vultr satisfies that requirement). Then you can announce your RIPE v6 wherever you want.

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