North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Smurf tone down
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, R.P. Aditya wrote: > One said, sorry, can't do it on our router for "technical reasons" (think very > large national provider). Yes, I was told this by one upstream as well. > Another said, since we have lots and lots of customers (implying that there is > no "normal ICMP flows" level), and we're carrying it over our network to you, > your router might as well do the work of discarding the packets (think very > savvy colocation provider). The point is missed here; don't they realise there is benefit to them? -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Atheism is a non-prophet organization. I route, therefore I am. Alex Rubenstein, [email protected], KC2BUO, ISP/C Charter Member Father of the Network and Head Bottle-Washer Net Access Corporation, 9 Mt. Pleasant Tpk., Denville, NJ 07834 Don't choose a spineless ISP; we have more backbone! http://www.nac.net -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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