Hi

Clarification question.

Are you requesting that non-continuous IPv4 blocks be exchanged for the
equivalent size in a single continuous IPv4 block that does not match the
previously issued IPv4 addresses, or do you want to take continuous IPv4
blocks and combine them?


On 2016 Sep 22 (Thu) at 14:37:25 +0200 (+0200), Ping IP wrote:
:Hello,

:
:One of the goals of RIPE is to aggregate IP addresses. I'd like to suggest
:the ability for a LIR and End User to exchange number of blocks of IP
:ranges for a greater block.
:
:For example:
:LIR/End User has 4 different /22 subnets and LIR/End User can exchange
:these subnets for 1 x /20 subnet.
:
:This gives a LIR or End User the possibility to announce larger IP subnets
:to the Internet. Helping the goal of aggregating the IP addresses on the
:Internet.
:
:According one of the RIPE trainer, this is currently not possible according
:the RIPE policy. Because there's no policy to give a LIR/End User this
:ability.
:
:I'm curious to what you think of this idea.
:
:Best regards,
:
:Abdelouahed
:Ping IP network

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