• RIPE running out of last contigues /22 IPv4

    From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to All on Thursday, October 03, 2019 15:37:12
    Hello All,

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    Today we allocated the last of our contiguous /22 IPv4 address blocks. We still
    have approximately one million addresses available, in the form of /23s and /24s, and we will continue making /22-equivalent allocations made up of these smaller blocks. Once we can no longer allocate the equivalent of a /22, we will
    announce that we have reached run-out. We expect this to occur in November 2019.

    Following our last update in August, we received a very high number of new LIR applications. We have now reached a point where the number of LIRs waiting to be activated is larger than the number of /22-equivalents remaining. This means
    that some of these LIRs will only be eligible to request a /24 via the waiting list by the time they are activated. We alerted these applicants to this possibility during the application process.

    Due to the number of new LIR applications still to be processed, we estimate that it could be around eight weeks before we get to an application that is submitted today. To ensure fairness, we are processing all LIR applications (and IPv4 requests) in the order they were received.

    It is important to note that the delay is only with LIR applications - not IPv4
    requests. Existing members can still request their final /22 allocations, provided we still have addresses available.
    More information:


    Cheers, Michiel

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