The following excerpted from the supportline mailing this past weekend,
should be corrected before driving the poor folks at the DDN NIC nuts with
lots of incorrect phone calls (not to mention the frustration wrought upon
the people who might call). The DDN NIC is only for DDN (Defense Data Network)
customers - those using a DDN sponsored network connection. Commercial
(and all non DDN users) must go through other routes, including (highest
preference) your Internet service provider.
 
As I understand it, the Internic (the commercial Internet folks) has stopped
working directly with end-users (or at least cannot be very responsive) due
to the tremendous demands and backlogs, and ask users to obtain network
addresses from their Internet service providers, who are assigned large blocks
of addresses for this purpose.
 
                                  -Chris Bartram
                                   3k Associates
 
Excerpted message below:
 
------------------------------cut here-------------------------------
 
 =============================================================================
Document Id: [A3527633]
Date Loaded: [02-24-95]
 
Description: How do I get authorized IP addresses for my network?
 =============================================================================
 
PROBLEM TEXT
 
How can I obtain valid IP addresses to assign to my network?
 
RESOLUTION TEXT
 
IP addresses can be obtained by contacting the DDN Network Information
Center by phone or mail:
 
Telephone           in U.S. only: 1-800-365-3642(1-800-365-DNIC)
                    worldwide:    1-707-802-4535
 
Mailing Address     Government Systems, Inc
                    Attn: Network Information Center
                    14200 Park Meadow Dirvel
                    Suite 200
                    Chantilly, VA 22021
 
KEYWORDS LIST
IP Address
Government Systems
 
------------------------------cut here-------------------------------
 
______________________/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_
   ______              Sales (US):   800 Net-Mail    Fax:+1 916 622-0738
  /__ |  \__________   -or-       +1 916 622-0630 E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
 /  / | / ________     Sales (Europe):+44(0480)414131 Fax:+44(0480)414134
|  /_ |<  ______       Tech Support:+1 703 569-9189  Fax:+1 703 451-3720
 \ __)| \ ___          E-mail: [log in to unmask]   Personal(me): [log in to unmask]
  \______/ Associates  6901 Old Keene Mill Rd Suite 205 Springfield VA 22150
______________________/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_
Gopher: gopher.3k.com   Anon-FTP: ftp.3k.com  WWW: http://www.3k.com/