[128120] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Conrad)
Sat Jul 24 22:28:19 2010
From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
In-Reply-To: <201007241752.SAA14419@sunf10.rd.bbc.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:27:34 +0200
To: Brandon Butterworth <brandon@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jul 24, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Brandon Butterworth wrote:
>>> Such a site would be the seed for when (if) we come up with the tech
>>> for everyone to have PI and lose all the restrictions imposed so =
far.
>> Oh, we have the technology. It's called "memory"
> If that were viable then we'd be doing it.
We are. I'm told that the fully outfitted top-end routers from Cisco and =
Juniper can handle tens of millions of routes (as long as you're not in =
a rush to converge and you have lots of cheap power). Of course, the =
price of said routers is a bit steep, particularly for smaller ISPs and =
enterprises, so you'll see a shift in the way the Internet works =
(perhaps not surprisingly, back towards the way telco networks look with =
a small number of very large companies).
>> Speaking from the perspective of a vendor, I'll happily sell it to =
you.=20
>>=20
>> Don't complain to me about the size of the route table, don't =
complain to me about heat or power requirements, and don't complain to =
me about convergence intervals. I'll tell you that you designed the bed =
you wanted to sleep in, and it was all yours.
>=20
> Indeed, best not listen to vendors
As it is best not to listen to doctors that tell you if you continue =
chain smoking or eating 5000 calories a day, you'll likely regret it.
Regards,
-drc
