Nineteen Septillion Addresses - Setting up an ASN, obtaining IP addresses, and finding my way around the internet

Here&rsquo;s the story of AS202858 . &#xA; Recently I got curious as to where exactly IP addresses came from, and how does &rsquo;the internet&rsquo; know where packets addressed to one should actually end up. This article is a quick overview of what I discovered and how I got my hands on my own slice of the IPv6 address space, and how I used it practically. It&rsquo;s a high-level overview,…