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Re: Getting pretty close to default IPv4 route maximum for 6500/7600 routers.


From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 08:14:20 +0000


On May 9, 2014, at 2:48 PM, Vitkovský Adam <adam.vitkovsky () swan sk> wrote:

With 6500/7600 I can understand they've been around for ages and no one anticipated the 512k limit back then. 

Actually, it *was* anticipated.  It's just that those who designed the ASIC didn't necessarily envision that it would 
still be in service, having gone through successive additional minor variations, for quite so long.

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