communicast 2014: connecting your business to the internet

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Connecting your Business to the Internet Strategies and implications

26 June 2014

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Anna Mulingbayan Senior Internet Resource Analyst [email protected]

Overview

Why connect to the Internet?

How the Internet works

2 different options to connect

Comparing the advantages and challenges

Statistics

About APNIC

Why connect?

•  As an information/service producer –  Website –  Internet banking service –  Online promotions through e-mail, social media etc.

•  As an information/service consumer –  News, research and other information source for network’s staff

•  At the headquarter •  At the branch offices

–  Online data source for transaction processing, trend analysis etc. •  Stock market data •  Foreign exchange rates

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Internet


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mobile network satellite/wireless network

copper/fibre network

Internet backbone


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202.150.8.132

202.150.8.99

202.178.112.1

202.178.120.15

AS11167

12.100.1.8

AS24478

AS17726

2401:A700:1::D1

2401:A700:F::E3

2401:3E00:DD::1

2401:3E00:EE::15A

Autonomous System Number (ASN)

IP Address (IPv4)

IP Address (IPv6)


•  3d visualization of all the networks worldwide that are interconnected to form the Internet, including ISPs, Internet Exchange Points, universities and organization networks

•  Each dot represents an ASN (Autonomous System Number)

•  There are 47,000+ ASNs currently active in the Internet

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Source: peer1.com

How to connect: option 1

–  One Internet connection per site •  Headquarters •  Data Centres •  Branches

–  Use IP addresses from ISP

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202.178.112.1 2401:3E00:DD::1

AS24478

Single-homing

How to connect: option 2

–  Multiple Internet connections to different ISPs and/or exchange points

–  Use business own ASN and IP addresses

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202.178.112.1 2401:3E00:DD::1

AS52378

Multi-homing

Comparisons

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Single-homing Advantages

•  Cheaper and easier to setup

•  Only need to deal with one ISP

Challenges •  Availability &

reliability •  Performance •  Limited availability

of IP address from the ISP

Multi-homing Advantages

•  Better availability and reliability

•  Load-balancing & traffic engineering for improved performance

•  Better network scalability

Challenges •  Networking skill

required

Multi-homing business opportunity

•  Multiple upstream connections

•  Local Internet Exchange Point (IXP) connectivity

•  Data centre services

•  Network consultancy

•  NOC outsourcing

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202.178.112.1 2401:3E00:DD::1

AS52378

.... .. .

.... .. .Local content

Getting your customer’s their own IP addresses

•  If your address pool can not fulfil your customer’s needs

•  You can open an APNIC account for your customers

•  You can manage the resources on behalf of your customers –  Via MyAPNIC multiple account management

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Getting your customer’s their own IP addresses

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Conclusion

•  Most customers can start with single homing connection as it is simple to set up

•  Customers that rely heavily on the Internet to run their business should be offered multi-homing connections for better availability, reliability and performance –  Opportunity for value added service such as network consultancy

and NOC outsourcing. –  Get their own ASNs and IP addresses from APNIC

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About APNIC

•  APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) is an open, membership-based, not-for-profit organization providing Internet addressing services to the Asia Pacific

•  We distribute –  ASN –  IPv4 –  IPv6

•  We operate in 56 economies in AP region

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One of five Regional Internet Registries

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Resource Delegation in Myanmmar

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20.00

40.00

60.00

80.00

100.00

120.00

140.00

ASN /24 IPv4 /32 IPv6

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132.00

5.00

APNIC Members in Myanmmar

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Total of 8 local companies holding membership with APNIC

More info: www.apnic.net

www.facebook.com/APNIC

www.twitter.com/apnic

www.youtube.com/apnicmultimedia

www.flickr.com/apnic

www.weibo.com/APNICrir

Thank you!

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