North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: PI vs PA Address Space
> Eventually routers stopped being able to handle full routing > in 16Mb of memory, and suddenly the very real cost of > carrying routing information around became clear to a number > of providers: how much did replacing a bunch of mostly-AGS+ > routers with 64Mb Cisco 7000-series routers cost? > This memory jump has occured more than once. I remember 4 and 8 meg routers. 16 meg boxen were deamed large enough when they were created. The leap to 64 is just another step in the process. > nothing longer than /18 or /19 (it's /18 now, but it's > not entirely inflexible, and dialogues continue) will > have global scope. As an aside, is anyone else besides Sprint behind this /18 model? I know that Sean is a big proponent but I have heard no other public comment on this. (well there was one, which indicated that the community had reached consenses on this point, which is why I ask.) --bill
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