North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: PI vs PA Address Space
no, I am not. I don't bend reality to adapt to my disbility, but find solutions to challenges offered. Mike (and i don't whine but work on it) On Thu, 18 May 1995 [email protected] wrote: > > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael F. Nittmann [email protected] Network Architect [email protected] B3 Corporation, Marshfield, WI (CIX Member) (715) 387 1700 xt. 158 US Cyber (SM), Washington DC (715) 573 2448 (715) 831 7922 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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