44Net is shorthand for Internet network 44 (44.0.0.0/9 & 44.128.0.0/10), also known as AMPRNet. (Home – 44Net)
Old Hams in the 80s saw the potential for experimenting with the internet and got a class A netblock of 16+ million IP addresses solely for Amateur radio use. A few of the blocks have been sold off over the years to help fund the ARDC (Class A Blocks == $$), but there remains 12+ million I believe.
Registration and Verification happens here – https://portal.ampr.org/ You need to verify that you’re an amateur (picture of your certificate) along with the usual email verifications.
Once you’re verified, then you can request some address space. I didn’t have a specific purpose in mind, so I chose General Address Assignment and chose a small /29 netmask (5 addresses I think).
With address space assigned, I then created an account at https://dashboard.44net.cloud which is used to connect the two pieces together…I think, though I’m wondering if I needed address assignment and whether I could have just used the 44net.cloud?
More to come…
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