[4003] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Agenda for next NANOG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Tue Sep 3 19:05:30 1996
To: Sean Doran <smd@chops.icp.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 18:56:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@bbnplanet.com>
Cc: curtis@ans.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <xoibufnxm6l.fsf@chops.icp.net> from "Sean Doran" at Sep 3, 96 06:34:26 pm
> > 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. :-)
Hey, now. Curtis has been saying this for at least a few years.
Clearly people haven't been paying attention!
(but don't let that stop you from knocking any particular vendor about it).
--jhawk
