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Re:IPv6 Adoption Visualization by toast0 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:41PM (#26427403)
ARIN makes you justify an ASN (you need to have at least two ASNs that will connect with you, making you multihomed). If you've got an ASN, you qualify for a minimum allocation, regardless of use. That's a /24 for v4 and a /48 for IPv6. Of course, ARIN doesn't have any /24s to assign, but you need to qualify to have them transferred when you find a seller.

There's otherways to qualify for an IPv6 delegation, but GP wants to be multihomed, at least a little.

https://www.arin.net/resources/guide/ipv6/first_request/

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Re:IPv6 Adoption Visualization by IgorPartola on Thursday March 11, 2021 @10:45PM (#26431996)
Ah so I was thinking about getting an ASN maybe. It seems I can say that I need IP space to use 2000 IPv6 addresses in the next year. That’s probably not far off from what I already do.

Do you happen to know any guides on how to set up and use your own IP space, either with my ISP or with a cloud provider.

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Re:IPv6 Adoption Visualization by toast0 on Friday March 12, 2021 @03:55AM (#26433560)
No, not really. You'll most likely need to talk to your ISP or cloud provider.

They'll most likely have rules/procedures for setting up BGP and what not. Look for 'bring your own ips' or similar language in cloud providers. Residential ISPs probably won't support it, but commercial ISPs all should, and may possibly help you with the ARIN procedures.

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