
Hi.

You should get your IP address (a 32bit number) from your network
service provider.

Your network service provider works with a regional registry to manage
these addresses.  The regional registry for the US is the Internic,
for Europe is RIPE, for the Asia and Pacific region is the AP-NIC, and
parts of the world not otherwise covered are managed by the Internic.

If for some reason your network service provider does not provide you
with an IP address, you can contact the your regional registry at one
of the folling addresses:

	ARIN		<hostmaster@arin.net>
	RIPE		<ncc@ripe.net>
	AP-NIC		<admin@apnic.net>

Please do contact your network service provider first, though.  The
regional registry will want to know all the gory details about why
that didn't work out before they allocate you an address directly.

IANA
