Re: Routers RAM and BGP table bloat

[Jon Lewis <jlewis () lewis org>]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Nils Ketelsen wrote:

> I am just guessing here, but if the manufacturer says 256MB is the
> maximum, I would expect that the unit is not able to address more than
> 256MB memory, regardless of the amount you plug in to it.

Occasionally, that's not the case.  i.e. the NPE225 was originally spec'd 
as having a max RAM capacity of 128mb.  I've got an old Sony notebook that 
Sony says is upgradable to 256mb...but several manufacturers make a more 
densely populated dimm for it that allowed me to upgrade it to 384mb.

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