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Internet and IP resources

We support you in the technical side of your presence on the Internet: IP addresses, AS number, connectivity and DNS. Whether you already have a LIR or are only thinking of getting one, we guide you step by step.

Connecting to the Internet

We work with your connectivity providers so that your network is reachable, with several providers at once if needed.

BGP, multihoming

The address registry

We keep your network's records in order in the RIPE Database: who you are, what you announce, whom to contact.

RIPE Database

Signed announcements

We certify your announcements, so other operators know they really are yours.

RPKI, ROA

Secondary DNS

Your names stay reachable even when your own server stops.

authoritative DNS

Reverse DNS

Your IP addresses answer with a name, as mail servers, for example, expect them to.

reverse, delegations

Where to start

A growing network, customers to connect, an idea to get off the ground: are you wondering whether you need IP addresses of your own, and not sure where to start? We start with a conversation. Together we work out what you need, whether it makes sense to become a LIR or to rely on an existing one, and which steps to take with the RIPE NCC.

Then we take care of the technical side, and everything stays registered to you. If you already have a LIR, we explain in a couple of lines how to give us access.

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$ whois -h whois.ripe.net 192.0.2.0/24

route:    192.0.2.0/24
descr:    Customer network
origin:   AS64500
mnt-by:   CUSTOMER-MNT
mnt-by:   MNT-RINUX
source:   RIPE

RPKI    ROA AS64500 192.0.2.0/24 VALID

For the technically minded: an object as we look after it. Addresses and AS number are those reserved for documentation.

Part of the community

We take part in the meetings where Internet rules and techniques are discussed: what we learn there goes into the networks we run.

We share experience with other operators in the RIPE, ITNOG and FrusiNOG communities.

We also contribute to the measurements of RIPE Atlas, the network the RIPE NCC uses to watch the reachability of the Internet in real time.

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Broken power connector of a RIPE Atlas probe RIPE Atlas v5 probe board, opened, without its connector RIPE Atlas probe back in the rack, network LED on
RIPE Atlas probe: from the broken connector to the opened board, and back in the rack.

Open a request

Every request gets a number and goes into our support system. A confirmation reaches you by e-mail straight away.

The request number and every reply are sent here.

Only if you would rather be called back.

One line, for example "I would like IP addresses of our own for the new office".

Tell us what you would like to do. If you know them, add the AS number and the addresses involved. Do not write passwords here.