Getting Started

Prior to Connecting

Before connecting to the REP, you'll need to have a few things ready.

An Autonomous System number
Some netblocks
Your netblocks registered with a routing registry
A carrier chosen for your physical link to the REP
A peering contact person and contact information for your organization
Hardware: Router and CSU/DSUs

You must get an AS# from ARIN before you can peer with others at the Utah REP.

Second, you must have some network address space assigned to you by arin or your upstream provider(s). Because some members of the REP filter by using the internet address registries, you must have your netblocks set up in one of the routing registries such as the ARIN Routing Registry.

You must choose a carrier to get to the Utah REP. Currently, the REP is served by several telecom carriers. This list may be inaccurate - check with your favorite carrier first!

Electric Lightwave
NextLink
TCG
US West

Finally, you need to decide on the person or NOC which is in charge of your peering, if you don't already have this information. Once you're ready to connect to the REP, you'll need to mail this information to the Utah REP mailing list (below).

You'll need to run a T1 or better line to the REP. Most people connecting to the rep use Cisco 2501s as their peering router. Cheap, reliable, and they can handle up to 3Mbps of connections to the REP. This may change in the next year, since one ISP is already pulling in two T1s, and a few others are considering it.

Contacting the REP

You can contact the current Utah REP mailing list members by sending mail to utah-rep - at - flag.ep.net. Forgive me for not listing the exact address to filter out a few spammers.

Getting on the REP

You need three things to really talk at the REP:

A physical connection
An IP address
Peering setup with other Utah REP peers

You can obtain the physical connection from any of the carriers present at the REP. You'll first want to talk to the people at UEN about this. You can contact them by sending email to the REP list (above) and asking for someone at EBC to contact you about getting a physical connection. (In this first message, please provide a bit of information about yourself and your organization, and try to already have your AS# and routing registry entries, etc.).

You can obtain the IP address from The ep.net address request form. The keyword for the Utah REP is "SLCREP".

Once your line is in and *tested*, your IP address obtained and your router configured, and you can ping the other routers at the REP from it, you need to set up peering sessions with the other members of the REP. At this point, send mail to the list and announce that you're ready to begin peering. Provide in this message your name, contact information, etc., and most especially, your REP IP address, your AS#, and a list of the netblocks you'll be announcing over the REP.

Background Information

BGP Overview (slides)

About this page

This page is very much under construction, as you probably noticed. Please mail Dave Andersen (dga - at (@) - pobox DOT com) if you have any updates or additions. Thanks!

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Last updated: Tue Feb 26 03:30:16 EST 2002