Getting Registered

December 1997 / Core Technologies / Demystifying ATM Addressing / Getting Registered

In the U.S., the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has NSAP-address-registration authority. This authority comes from the global registration process established by the ISO and the ITU. You can find information on ATM NSAP-address registration from the ANSI Web site ( http://www.ansi.org ). The direct ad dress to the "ANSI Registration Fact Sheet" is http://www.ansi.org/regfact.html . ANSI plans to change its Web site in the future, so you may need to look under the ANSI Services heading for the Registration link.
On the Fact Sheet page, you'll find registration information, including procedures for registering. This page also has pointers to an application form and a fee schedule. If you prefer, you can contact ANSI directly to obtain a Request for Registration application form. The voice phone number is 212-642-4884; the fax number is 212-398-0023. For e-mail use, the address is mmaas@ansi.org.
If you're building a network in a country other than the U.S., there's likely to be a national standards organization coordinating ATM addresses. If you don't know what the responsible organization in your country is, contact the ITU at http://www.itu.ch/ .

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