[4000] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Agenda for next NANOG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Doran)
Tue Sep 3 18:54:54 1996
To: curtis@ans.net
Cc: salo@msc.edu (Tim Salo), michael@memra.com, nanog@merit.edu
From: Sean Doran <smd@chops.icp.net>
Date: 03 Sep 1996 18:34:26 -0400
In-Reply-To: Curtis Villamizar's message of Fri, 30 Aug 1996 23:43:36 -0400
Curtis Villamizar <curtis@ans.net> writes:
> This is an interesting problem and actually close to solvable at the
> IP level. I'm sure you are familiar with PPP LQM. Take out the PPP
> part and keep the LQM packet format and local storage. Keep one LQM
> struct per ARP entry on a bcast or nbma interface (such as an ATM
> NAP). Count packets used by each ARP entry and update SNMP and the
> LQM entry as you would in PPP LQM. Occasionally (once a second is
> fine) send an LQM packet summarizing what has been sent.
This is a very good idea. You might want to hand it over
to your vendor before I hand it over to mine. :-)
Sean.