North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-siteenterprises and PI]
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 12:11 +0100, Cliff Albert wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:45:17AM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote: > > > >Well, how many AS numbers would you like to give out? 30000 in 20 years? > > >100k a year? A million in a month? 32 bits will then give you 2863 > > >millennia, 429 centuries or 357 years, respectively. > > > > ASN exhaustion is IMHO just a symptom of the real problem. Enlarging > > the ASN space does not cure the disease, just makes it worse. > > And this is exactly my point. Also, with 32bit ASN's, also expect upto 2^32 routes in your routing table when each and every ASN would at least send 1 route and of course there will be ASN's sending multiple routes. 32bits ASN would thus just mean the end of BGP... Greets, Jeroen Attachment:
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