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ARDC Portal 2.0 Technical Documentation

By Rebecca Key KO4KVG

Version: 3.3 (April 1, 2024)

Accessing the Portal

Go to https://portal.ampr.org, where you should see the following UI:

Registration

1. Click on the 'Register' button at the top right of the UI (see 'Accessing the Portal', step 1) or on the 'Register here' button in the 'ARDC New Portal' dialog box. This will take you to the following screen:
   
2. Complete the field for 'What we should call you?:' and click 'Continue'.
3. In the dialog box titled 'Registration (Step 2/3)', you will be introduced to help icons ('?') that will provide you useful information throughout the Portal. Click 'Close' to exit the dialog box.
   
   From there, you enter your email address, a username (used to login) and a password, then click 'Continue'.
   
4. You should then arrive at a dialog box titled 'Registration (Step 3/3)' that displays the Terms of Use. Read through the Terms of Use (you must scroll all the way to the bottom), and if you agree to the terms and conditions, tick both 'I AM 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER', and 'I accept and agree to the terms of this End User License Agreement', and then click 'I Accept'. Note that if you are under the age of 18, and/or if you do not agree with the Terms of Use, then you will not be able to use the Portal.
   
   1. Note: When you log back in on a later date you might get a notice about the addition and/or updates to the End User License Agreement (EULA). For example, if you see a dialog box titled 'The EULA has been updated.', verify that you are 18 or older and if you would like to continue using the Portal, accept the updated EULA.
5. Upon accepting the Terms of Use, you should get a message (see below) informing you that the system is sending you an email verification with further instructions. Follow the instructions in this email.
   
6. Once you complete the instructions in the email, you should get a page that looks like the one below, which will have an alert entitled 'You successfully verified your email'. Fill in the information in the 'LOGIN' dialog box and click 'Login'.
   
7. From there, you will be prompted to click 'Continue Registration'.
   
8. Once you click 'Continue Registration', you will arrive at the screen below. Select your type of registration (individual licensed radio amateur, individual non-licensed radio amateur, or organization) and click the 'Continue' button.
   
9. Once you click 'Continue', you will be brought to a page where you will be asked to provide more information.
   
10. Provide the required information (and any optional information you prefer to share), read and agree to the 'Terms and Conditions', and click the 'Continue' button. You should then see a dialog box prompting you to verify your call sign.
    
    Click 'Close', and you will then see a page that shows 'Registration Complete'.
    
11. To add and verify your call sign (i.e., if you registered as an 'individual licensed radio amateur'), go to the 'Account' dropdown menu and select 'Callsigns'. Your primary call sign should show up in the 'Update your callsigns' dialog box. Clicking 'Add a callsign' in the top left-hand corner allows you to add any additional call signs you may have.
    
12. On the 'Update your callsigns' UI, click 'Verify'. This will take you to a screen that details the process of verification.
    
13. Click on the green 'Verify' button: you should see an alert saying 'Your request to verify your callsign [$callsign] has been submitted', which will create a ticket for the Portal admins to verify your call sign.
    
    You can check the ticket by going to the 'Tickets' dropdown menu, selecting 'View my tickets', where you see it listed. To see the details of the ticket, click 'View'.
    
    1. Note that once your call sign has been verified, you will no longer see the ticket in the list. Alternatively, you can confirm that your call sign has been verified by going to 'Account' > 'Callsigns', and the status of your call sign verification will be displayed in the 'Update your callsigns' dialog box. Once your call sign has been verified, you will be able to request address space.
       

Requesting Address Space (Beginner Friendly Steps)

This series of steps is aimed at users who are either new to requesting 44Net address space, need a refresher, or would like to streamline the process. Otherwise, you can also request address space via the Network list in the 'Requesting Address Space (via Network List)' and 'Requesting Address Space for BGP Use (via Network List)' sections below.

1. Under the 'Networks' menu, select 'Request addresses'. Note that you can also request address space on the Dashboard by clicking 'Request address space'.
   
2. You should see a dialog box entitled 'Request Address Space'. Select your address type (should be IPv4, as IPv6 is not currently available), use case, and click 'Continue'. Please see the below instructions for your particular use case.
   

Use Case: IPIP Tunnel Mesh, Standalone or Globally Unique Space

1. If you selected IPIP tunnel mesh or Globally unique space as your use case, you will see a dialog box entitled 'Request IP Assignment'. Fill out the 'Request IP Assignment' dialog box with the required information; and click 'Continue'.
   
2. You will then see the following note thanking you for requesting address space from ARDC, which includes detailed information about next steps.
   
3. Once your address space has been assigned, you can proceed to step 6 under 'Requesting Address Space (via Network List)'.

Use Case: BGP Direct Announce

1. If you selected 'BGP Direct Announce' as your use case, you will see a dialog box entitled 'Request IP Assignment'. Fill out the 'Request IP Assignment' dialog box with the required information, agree to the EULA, and click 'Continue'.
   
   1. If the size of the address space you're requesting exceeds your IP address limit, you will get the warning 'This request would exceed your IP address limit.'
      
      Click 'Please view this page for information on how to increase your limits', which will provide detailed information for 'How to request more address space', along with links to learn more information about Level of Trust (LoT) and Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CDIR).
      
      
   2. Follow step 2-1 under 'Requesting Address Space for BGP Use (via Network List)'. Please note that you may be asked to provide more information to increase your LoT to acquire more address space.
2. Once your additional address space has been allocated, go back to 'Networks' > 'Request Addresses', select your address type 'BGP direct announce' for your use case, and proceed with step 3 under 'Requesting Address Space for BGP Use (via Network List)'.

Other Use Cases

Selecting any of the below use cases will give you a dialog box that provides more details about the network:

• AREDN
• HAMNET
• HamWAN

Use Cases Coming Soon

• POP VPN
• Emergency communications
• General address assignment