Re: how many BGP routers, how many ASes

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

On May 13, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Irfan Zakiuddin wrote:

> I have scouted around for this information, but not get very far.  I'm
> hoping someone will have answers at hand.

You obviously didn't look very hard.  The answer to the first question  
is posted to this very list every Friday:

   <http://www.cidr-report.org/as2.0/>

The last two are probably not really knowable with any precision, but  
you might find some estimates.  Although I'm not really sure what  
utility the number is.

--
TTFN,
patrick


> What I want to know is roughly how many :
>
> 1.  ASes there are in the world today?
> 2.  BGP routers there are, for intra-domain as well as inter-domain  
> routing,
> in total in the world?
> 3.  BGP routers do the largest ASes have?
>
>
> Really interesting would then be to say either how fast the above  
> numbers
> are growing, or to give estimates for what the answers to 1-3 will  
> be in 5
> years time.
>
> An Internet source that provides the above information would be most  
> useful
> - though I can't seem to find it with google.
>
> I'd be grateful for answer to be sent to me directly, whether you  
> also post
> to NANOG is up to you.
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> irfan