Federating Do-It-Yourself ISPs from around the world

Post by taziden » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 12:58 PM UTC

mgbmtl wrote: post #8

farinasa wrote: post #4

Have always been curious about setting up an ISP. Especially so recently. I have been unsuccessful finding much information, though I haven't tried as hard as I probably could. Anyone have any good links?

From what I understand so far, the model they encourage is: - register a legal entity (coop, non-proft, corp, whatever) - register with IANA to get an ipv4 and ipv6 block - find an ISP who can do the BGP announcements for you (DSL resellers usually support it, even if for a residential connection) - use something like Quagga for routing, no need for big expensive routers - connect with whatever premises you want your…

Post by gwu78 » Sun, Jan 05, 2014, 12:23 AM UTC

mgbmtl wrote: post #8

farinasa wrote: post #4

Have always been curious about setting up an ISP. Especially so recently. I have been unsuccessful finding much information, though I haven't tried as hard as I probably could. Anyone have any good links?

From what I understand so far, the model they encourage is: - register a legal entity (coop, non-proft, corp, whatever) - register with IANA to get an ipv4 and ipv6 block - find an ISP who can do the BGP announcements for you (DSL resellers usually support it, even if for a residential connection) - use something like Quagga for routing, no need for big expensive routers - connect with whatever premises you want your…