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> Of course, note that the real problem isn't the memory space, it's the > CPU time to calculate the routing table updates. Note, too, that the > more unaggregated prefixes in the net, the more changes will need to be > propagated to every other router in the default-free zone, implying the > need for more instances of a more expensive calculation. Not trying to teach a mailing-list full of grandmother's to suck eggs, but IFF all 2^32 (-1?) addresses were routed as hosts, then there is no index, and a linear lookup cost. Stupid thing to do, but a 2^32 * 1 or 2 bytes of linear address -> interface table. Peter
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