[187257] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The IPv6 Travesty that is Cogent's refusal to peer Hurricane
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Mon Jan 25 14:06:19 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <56A290E3.8040202@ttec.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:06:12 -0500
To: Joe Maimon <jmaimon@ttec.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
My understanding is this was mostly legacy from devices that did not carry f=
ull Rib and fib. There were tricks to avoid ending up on these skinny device=
s if you wanted.=20
Life in the core has changed a lot in recent years from 6500/7600 and foundr=
y/brocade class devices to a more interesting set in the pipeline or release=
d.=20
There are some limited rib-> fib download boxes that could slice traffic in c=
ost effective ways that the price conscious consumer will likely push the ma=
rket to.=20
Jared Mauch
> On Jan 22, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Joe Maimon <jmaimon@ttec.com> wrote:
>=20
>=20
> I have a pending request to get that multi-hop setup. I was told that it w=
as now a special request and they would "try" to get it done and these days a=
ll their routers had full table capacity and they no longer used the multi-h=
op.
