[Techtalk] Buying/leasing IP addresses

[Linda Pahdoco]

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net> wrote:

>
> None of that is practical for a small service, and even a /22 is going
> to be trouble when it comes to BGP announcements, because it is such a
> long prefix.
>
>
IIRC, advertising anything less than a /24 is against the "rules" and you
can't BGP them at all.

I can't imagine a hosting provider giving you IP addresses outside their
range, especially for just a shared hosting or even single dedicated
server.  Maybe if you had a whole rack and a long-term contract, but not for
anything small.

LP