Re: IPv6 Finally gets off the ground

["Brandon Galbraith" <brandon.galbraith () gmail com>]

On 4/9/07, Christian Kuhtz <christian () kuhtz com> wrote:
> > I'm looking forward to a future where pc104/isa bus based routers
> > figure
> > prominently in the ip core!
>
> Have recently checked the weight requirements for core routers?
> Seriously heavy lift capacity launch vehicles would be required...
> not to mention the drag encountered in LEO would likely also be
> considerable and not yield good uptime.
I think "core" has a different meaning when the box doing the routing is in
LEO or even geosync orbit. It's not going to be some behemoth pushing
10GigE, it's going to be a hardened box pushing packets to either the moon,
mars, or in-transit craft via RF or laser (depending on bandwidth
requirements). I would think weight would be on par with something such as
the Hubble (perhaps even lighter).

-brandon