This document discusses connecting a business to the Internet and provides strategies and implications to consider. There are two main options for connecting - single-homing, which involves a single Internet connection, and multi-homing, which uses multiple connections. Single-homing is cheaper and easier but has reliability issues, while multi-homing improves availability but requires more network skills. The document also provides an overview of how the Internet works at a technical level and considers statistics on Internet resource allocation in Myanmar.

1. Connecting your
Business to the Internet
Strategies and implications
Issue Date:
Revision:
26 June 2014
1.0
Anna Mulingbayan
Senior Internet Resource Analyst
anna@apnic.net

2. Overview
Why connect to the Internet?
How the Internet works
2 different options to connect
Comparing the advantages
and challenges
Statistics
About APNIC

3. 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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4. How the Internet works
4
Internet

5. How the Internet works
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mobile network
satellite/wireless network
Internet backbone
copper/fibre network

6. How the Internet works
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202.150.8.99
202.150.8.132
AS17726
202.178.112.1
Autonomous System Number (ASN)
202.178.120.15
AS11167
12.100.1.8
AS24478
2401:A700:1::D1
2401:A700:F::E3
2401:3E00:DD::1
2401:3E00:EE::15A
IP Address (IPv4)
IP Address (IPv6)

7. How the Internet works
• 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
Source: peer1.com
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8. How to connect: option 1
– One Internet connection per site
• Headquarters
• Data Centres
• Branches
– Use IP addresses from ISP
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AS24478
202.178.112.1
2401:3E00:DD::1
Single-homing

9. 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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AS52378
202.178.112.1
2401:3E00:DD::1
Multi-homing

10. 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

11. Multi-homing business opportunity
• Multiple upstream connections
• Local Internet Exchange Point
(IXP) connectivity
• Data centre services
• Network consultancy
• NOC outsourcing
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AS52378
.... .. .
Local content
.... .. .
202.178.112.1
2401:3E00:DD::1

12. 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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13. Getting your customer’s their own IP
addresses
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14. 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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15. 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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16. One of five Regional Internet
Registries
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17. Resource Delegation in Myanmmar
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140.00
120.00
100.00
80.00
60.00
40.00
20.00
0.00
11.00
132.00
5.00
ASN /24 IPv4 /32 IPv6

18. APNIC Members in Myanmmar
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Total of 8 local companies holding
membership with APNIC

19. Thank you!
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