North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)
> > Yes, because IPv6 is merely and incremental improvement, not a grand > > elegant solution to world hunger like ATM. Look at how we managed the > > incremental step of adding MPLS to our IPv4 networks. It was fairly > > painless because it uses the same boxes, the same people and the same > > management systems. And over time, the pain of doing MPLS is reduced > > because the bugs get worked out. > > Yes, but did MPLS require different ASICs? In some cases, yes. Cisco Catalyst 6500 with Sup2/MSFC2/PFC2 cannot do MPLS by itself, while 6500 with Sup720 can. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected]
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