[7959] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Big Squeeze
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bradley Dunn)
Mon Mar 3 07:04:34 1997
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 06:59:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <970302222333.9d19@SDG.DRA.COM>
On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Sean Donelan wrote:
> Is the route computation of a /8 prefix flapping once a second any
> different than a /24 flapping once a second? If /8's are "naturally"
> more stable, then why allow them to flap more before dampening them?
It's just another incentive to renumber into larger aggregate blocks. A
provider can say to a customer:
"If your /24 flaps you're going to be unreachable from some parts of the
net for longer than you would if you renumber into our block."
pbd
