[123247] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IP4 Space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Mar 4 14:03:44 2010
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <FA2E47FFA50291418803D2E7C1DF07F30A6A671D@SDEXCL01.Proflowers.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:03:12 -0500
To: Thomas Magill <tmagill@providecommerce.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mar 4, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Thomas Magill wrote:
> 1. Why don't providers use /31 addresses for P2P links? This
> works fine per rfc 3021 but nobody seems to believe it or use it. Are
> there any major manufacturers out there that do not support it?=20
Some vendors inconsistently support these on ethernet-framed interfaces =
and randomly break their code [again].
The one I am aware of is located on Tasman, and YMMV varies depending on =
what line of business synced code from whom and when.
Nothing like upgrading a minor patch revision of software and losing =
your infrastructure link....
- Jared
