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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We were going through the same process last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Among the free ipam solutions, we selected phpipam and nipap.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For simplicity reasons we decided to implement phpipam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">But 6 months later I can say the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Phpipam is missing one important feature that Service Providers need:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Being able to allocate prefixes from a pool, and add address space to a pool.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Phpipam is very static in this regard and only manages usage at the ip level.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">So even if you allocate a /28 to a customer the usage will be 0% if you do not reserve every single IP in this range.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">From a service provider view you really want to avoid micro-managing single ip addresses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Nipap answers this requirement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Both tools are pure IPAM solution and won't manage your DCHP/DNS (as far as I know)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Both have APIs so integration with DNS/DHCP could be scripted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Phpipam has discovery, Nipap doesn't (but it's the version 2.0 roadmap)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Phpipam's database is very simple so if you have an existing IP plan, let's say in excel, you'l be able to easily import
it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hope this helps,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">De :</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> menog-bounces@lists.menog.org [mailto:menog-bounces@lists.menog.org]
<b>De la part de</b> Amir Hossein Gerami Rad<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> dimanche 27 septembre 2015 14:08<br>
<b>À :</b> Stephen Wilcox <stephen@ixreach.com>; Erik Bais <ebais@a2b-internet.com><br>
<b>Cc :</b> menog@lists.menog.org; Aaron Hughes <aaron@6connect.com>; mohamed moheb <mmohebturkey@gmail.com><br>
<b>Objet :</b> Re: [menog] IPAM and documentation software<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Hi Dear<br>
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There is a IPAM software from manageengine.<br>
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<a href="https://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/ip-address-manager.html" target="_blank">https://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/ip-address-manager.html</a><br>
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<a href="https://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/demo/ip-address-manager/ip-address-management-demo.html" target="_blank">https://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/demo/ip-address-manager/ip-address-management-demo.html</a><br>
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Is there any comparative for these products?<br>
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Regards<br>
Amir.H Gerami.R <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:menog-bounces@lists.menog.org"><span lang="EN-US">menog-bounces@lists.menog.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
[menog-bounces@lists.menog.org] on behalf of Stephen Wilcox [stephen@ixreach.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 26, 2015 10:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Erik Bais<br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:menog@lists.menog.org"><span lang="EN-US">menog@lists.menog.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">;
Aaron Hughes; mohamed moheb<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [menog] IPAM and documentation software</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">6connect also do IPAM and Aaron (CEO & Founder) is part of our peering community .. so if you're going to spend money, may as well do it with friends :)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.6connect.com/ipam/" target="_blank">http://www.6connect.com/ipam/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kind regards<br>
Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">On 26 September 2015 at 19:39, Erik Bais <<a href="mailto:ebais@a2b-internet.com" target="_blank">ebais@a2b-internet.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You may want to have a look at the following IPAM software :
<a href="http://spritelink.github.io/NIPAP/" target="_blank">http://spritelink.github.io/NIPAP/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Open Source .. I’m pretty sure it requires a Linux setup.. but it is one you should have
a look at.. it supports both IPv4 and IPv6. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Due to the usage of the PostgreSQL DB, the IPv6 support is native.
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Erik Bais </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:menog-bounces@lists.menog.org" target="_blank">menog-bounces@lists.menog.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:menog-bounces@lists.menog.org" target="_blank">menog-bounces@lists.menog.org</a>]
<b>Namens </b>mohamed moheb<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> zaterdag 26 september 2015 13:03<br>
<b>Aan:</b> <a href="mailto:menog@lists.menog.org" target="_blank">menog@lists.menog.org</a><br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> [menog] IPAM and documentation software</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I am looking for two powerful and free tools to manage ip address space and to documnet the network of ISP scale .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I need the IPAM tool to discover the free and used addresses and to return the description of this ip address . if possible i want to run
it over windows not server nor linux system ( if possible ) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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