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RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes)
From: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer () mhsc com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:36:03 -0700
|> From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy () psg com] |> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:18 PM |> |> > there would appear to be people who assert its not unafordable to |> > compute the routes for the current, and the forseeable network. |> |> and there are those of us who think we can probably do so iff we stop |> the explosion of /24s. Okay, let's get it back out of the realm of opinion and into requirements. I'll even go down one step more, to /25. Take the entire IP addr space, break it ALL into /25's, times the BGP table entry size, how big is that? Could 4GB of RAM do it? How about 8GB? Your average 64-bit processor can handle T-Bytes and they are affordable by your average basement dual-homers. Also, I just got a price quote for 512MB ECC PC133 DIMMS at $49US, retail. Oh yeah, that same processor runs faster than 1 GHz. That's todays *computer* technology. Router technology needs to catch up. Considering what router vendors charge, with very fat margins, for their low-tech routers, affordable tech arguments don't hold water. Routers are expensive because someone is stupid enough to pay the prices. We are getting royally ripped off there. Cisco takes special RAM because Cisco designed incompatible RAM circuitry so they could charge you more for the Cisco label. It also bolsters the FUD-storm and the after-market support vendors. BTW, you really ought to check out that site at http://www.routerrevolution.com. The reason I chose /25 is because the average small business can easily use that much space, but would have a hard time justifying a /24.
Current thread:
- RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes), (continued)
- RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Roeland Meyer (Aug 29)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Sean M. Doran (Aug 29)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Leo Bicknell (Aug 29)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Andrew Partan (Aug 29)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) George Michaelson (Aug 29)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Randy Bush (Aug 29)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Leo Bicknell (Aug 29)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Vadim Antonov (Aug 29)
- RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Roeland Meyer (Aug 29)
- RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Roeland Meyer (Aug 29)
- RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Roeland Meyer (Aug 29)
- RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Roeland Meyer (Aug 29)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Sam Thomas (Aug 30)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Larry Sheldon (Aug 30)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) mike harrison (Aug 30)
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- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Joe Loiacono (Aug 30)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Christian Nielsen (Aug 30)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Joel Jaeggli (Aug 30)
- RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Roeland Meyer (Aug 30)
- RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) M. David Leonard (Aug 30)
- RE: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) Vadim Antonov (Aug 30)
- Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes) David Howe (Aug 31)