Configuring IP Service for ISPs

Step

Action

From the IP Addressing menu under the IP Management tab, click New IP Addressing.

Result:  The Customer Information screen appears.

From the New or Existing Service? radio buttons, select whether you want to configure IP addresses for a new service or an existing service.

Result:  The system refreshes your browser window, displaying fields appropriate for your selection.

Verify that the information in the First Name, Last Name, Phone, and Customer Technical Contact E-mail Address fields is correct.  Update the fields as necessary.

Are you adding IP addresses to a new service or an existing service?

Click .

Result:  The New IP Addressing screen appears.

From the Are you an ISP? radio buttons, select Yes.

Result:  The system refreshes your browser window.  The IP service requirements for ISPs appear.

Click .

Result:  The New IP Addressing for ISP customer screen appears.

From the Type of Product drop-down list, select the product for which you are requesting IP addresses.

In the How many usable additional IP addresses do you need? field, type the total number of IP addresses you are requesting.

Result:  The system refreshes your browser window.

From the Type of Routing radio buttons, select whether you need BGP(A gateway protocol that routers employ in order to exchange appropriate levels of information.  BGP routing has the intelligence built within the network and your router to know how and where to re-route your Internet traffic automatically in the event of network trouble.) or Static(With static routing, you send data from your router to the router you want to reach on the end location. Unlike BGP Routing, the network cannot re-route traffic automatically.  If a fiber cut occurs or trouble on the circuit prevents you from sending data, you must manually re-route your service since static routing is strictly point to point.) routing.

From the What role will the new IP's serve in your network? radio buttons, select the appropriate option.

Result:  The system refreshes your browser window.

In the How many hosts will you have connected to this block today? field, type the total number of hosts you have that currently use your IP address space.

In the How many hosts in 3 months? field, type the total number of hosts you project to need your IP address space in three months' time.

In the First Name and Last Name fields, type the first name and last name of your SWIP contact.

In the Phone Number field, type the telephone number at which your SWIP contact can be reached.

In the E-mail field, type the email address at which your SWIP contact can be contacted.

In the ARIN Handle field, type your SWIP contact's unique ARIN identifier.

In the Lines for Existing Subnets field, type the total number of IP addresses you currently have, then click .

Result:  The system refreshes your browser window, displaying the appropriate number of IP Address, CIDR Prefix, Hosts Today, Hosts in 3 Months, and What is this subnet used for? fields.

In the IP Address field(s), type your current IP address(es).

From the CIDR Prefix drop-down list(s), select the appropriate value(s) to indicate the number of addresses that are available within each IP address block.

In the Hosts Today and Hosts in 3 Months fields, type the total number of hosts currently using the IP addresses, and the number you project to have in three months' time.

From the What is this subnet used for? drop-down list, indicate how you use your current IP address block(s).

Repeat Steps 16 through 20 for the Lines for Requested Subnets fields.

In the Add Additional Comments box, type any more information that will help us configure your BGP routing.

Click .

Result:  The system attempts to save your data, then refreshes your browser window.  A message appears, indicating the success or failure of your submission.