[64583] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Tue Oct 28 13:54:12 2003
To: andy@xecu.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:26:05 -0500 (EST)"
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:53:30 +0100
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> > Yes, because IPv6 is merely and incremental improvement, not a grand
> > elegant solution to world hunger like ATM. Look at how we managed the
> > incremental step of adding MPLS to our IPv4 networks. It was fairly
> > painless because it uses the same boxes, the same people and the same
> > management systems. And over time, the pain of doing MPLS is reduced
> > because the bugs get worked out.
>
> Yes, but did MPLS require different ASICs?
In some cases, yes. Cisco Catalyst 6500 with Sup2/MSFC2/PFC2 cannot
do MPLS by itself, while 6500 with Sup720 can.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
