[AFRINIC-rpd] Academic IPv4 Allocation Policy Second Draft (AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-02)

[Andrew Alston]

Nii,

 

I have no problem with Universities submitting network diagrams or network information.  I have a problem with it being evaluated and used to determine the University’s needs, when it patently obvious that you cannot judge IP utilization in any work just based on infrastructure (like wifi ap’s).  To properly evaluate such network information requires people who are intimately familiar with the context of the institution and that is not realistic.

 

Andrew

 

From: rpd-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:rpd-bounces at afrinic.net] On Behalf Of Nii Narku Quaynor
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 4:54 PM
To: Sunday Folayan
Cc: rpd at afrinic.net
Subject: Re: [AFRINIC-rpd] Academic IPv4 Allocation Policy Second Draft (AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-02)

 

And the university does not have a network diagram? and implementing a network 

 

The information, referenced as at start, was about design options not about a 'network plan' being reviewed

 

These kinds of options and issues also apply to any network and may not be peculiar to universities. In the end you have a design and resource plan

Ok, fix it but a fix where is needed. I wonder if a fix by policy is what's needed in this case





We are actually imposing constraints eg end-user category, now 5:1 expectation, etc


On Jan 28, 2013, at 13:01, Sunday Folayan <sfolayan at gmail.com> wrote:

On 28/01/2013 10:06, Nii Narku Quaynor wrote: 

Thanks. What prevents a university from receiving a 10:1 via current policies


Justification, a la Network diagram!

Recall the thread from Andrew that started this all! https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2012/002553.html

It is easy to justify 48 users connected to a 48 port switch, by proving/justifying the fact that you actually bought 1000 switches, so you can connect 48,000 or less users.

How do you do that with Wireless Access points? How many users per AP? etc? Not that easy like fixed infrastructure. This was the frustration with coming up with an acceptable justification which Andrew expressed and along the thread, which led to my challenging him that we fix it, instead of complaining.

Sunday.

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