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Guide to the APNIC Portable Assignment Request Form (text version)

Before you start

This guide accompanies the APNIC Portable Assignment Request Form and will lead you through the steps required to request IPv4 or IPv6 portable assignments for:

Important: for each type of request, you must submit a separate request form.

If you do not yet have an APNIC account name, please contact admin@apnic.net before completing this form.

Need more information

Apart from this guide, you can refer to:

• IPv4 resource guide
• IPv6 resource guide

How to complete the APNIC Portable Assignment Request Form (text version)

All requests for portable assignments must include the following completed templates:

• Requestor template
• Portable assignment template
• Network template
• Technical template

Depending on the type of portable assignment you are requesting, complete ONE of the following templates ONLY:

• Multihoming OR
• Internet Exchange Point OR
• Critical Infrastructure

Then, submit the completed templates in text by email to: hostmaster@apnic.net

Please note that it will first be parsed by machine, before it is passed on to the APNIC hostmasters. Therefore, you must ensure that:

• your account-name, enclosed in square brackets, is included in the subject line. For example,

[SPARKYNET-MY]

• your email is sent in plain ASCII text only
• you do not modify any of the template lines starting with #[
• you do not modify any of the attribute names in the templates.

Help contents

• Requestor template
• Portable assignment template
• Network template
• Technical template - IPv4 requests
• Technical template - IPv6 requests
• Multihoming template
• Internet Exchange template
• Critical infrastructure template
• Additional information

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