Basic Guidelines for completing

IP Address Space Request Form v1.2

Step 1: Please complete the relevant sections of the Address Space Request Form (some sections will be completed by New Skies):

I. General Information

q 1.1 Overview of organisation template

· This should include the name and location of your company along with details of its structure and markets covered, and the nature of the business.

1.2 Requester template

Ø Please leave blank. This will be completed by NSS.

q 1.3 User template

· Your contact details

· For user country code, see http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html

q 1.4 Current address space usage template

· Briefly describe all address segments that are currently in use including address space assigned by other providers. Do not include information here for address space you are requesting nor about private address space.

II. The Request

q 2.1 Request overview template

Question	Answer
When will you connect to the Internet and to whom?	The start date of your service with New Skies Satellites
What country is the headquarters located?	The ISO two-letter country code of the country where the network is located. Please see http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html for the correct codes.
Have you considered using private addresses?	Please click on YES
Has the request been refused in the past?	Please click on NO
Are you requesting Provider Independent addresses?	Please click on NO
Are you returning addresses?	YES or NO
If yes, please fill in what range will be returned on what dates to what provider?	Address ranges that will be returned (in RIPE 141 format), date and name of provider.

q 2.2 Addressing plan template

The relative position in the assigned address space at which the addresses for this subnet will start. The relative position of the first subnet is always 0.0.0.0. For each subsequent subnet, the start position is selected to allow for the total number of hosts in the Size fields of the subnets which precede it. In the description, please describe briefly in a few words what each address ranges are going to be used for. This should include details of internal infrastructure, customer connections and static or dynamic addressing space. A more detailed description can be given in section IV under Optional Information. The more information you provide, the less questions and the quicker an approval.

Examples as follows:

Example 1

Prefix          Subnet Mask          Size  Immediate 1-yr  2-yr  Description

0.0.0.0         255.255.255.128     128   120     120    120     Dynamic dial-up pool to support 1500 users across 110 modems

0.0.0.128      255.255.255.128    128     0       120    120      Hosted web server farm. 200 servers, some with unique addresses.

0.0.1.0         255.255.255.192     64    24      35    50           Point-point addresses for 12 routers

                                                        0     0       0     0

                                                  320   144     275   290 Totals

Example 2

                                                     Addresses Used

Prefix          Subnet Mask      Size  Immediate 1-yr  2-yr   Description

0.0.0.0         255.255.254.0      512   300     450   500        100 point-point installations, 200 point-multipoint, one master, three base stations. 200 clients running VoIP, web servers,dns servers and a mail server

                                                 512   300     450   500 Totals

III. Database Information

q 3.1 Network Template

Ø Please leave blank. This will be completed by NSS

q 3.2 Person Template

Ø Please leave blank. This will be completed by NSS

IV. Optional information

· Please add here any additional information that might help getting your request approved.

Ø The sections Requester Template, Network Template and Person Template will be completed by New Skies Satellites.

Step 2: Once you have completed the relevant sections, please click on the button “Syntax check this request”.

The RIPE robot will check the information that you provided and will show you the results in the ‘Problem Summary’. Please disregard the error messages for the sections that New Skies will complete. All other errors need to be corrected, and after correction another syntax check can be done. This should be repeated until all errors are solved.

Step 3: Below the ‘Problem Summary’ the Address Request Form is automatically generated into plain text format. Please paste this text into an email and send it to iprequest@newskies.com

Please also refer to our FAQ at ……………..

Notes:

Ø All the data communicated with NSS and RIPE/ARIN is kept strictly confidential.

Ø A successful syntax check does not imply an approved justification.

Ø Requests in excess of /24 may require additional time to allow for verification, and customers may be advised to contact their Regional Internet Registry directly.