Re: Smaller than a /24 for BGP?

[Jon Lewis <jlewis () lewis org>]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023, William Herrin wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 11:04 AM Jon Lewis <jlewis () lewis org> wrote:
> > The "other problem" is, every day more gear receiving full routes gets
> > closer to (or farther past) the point where the resources to hold either
> > the FIB or RIB just aren't there.  For those using these devices, lowering
> > the bar and bringing in another 100k or so routes in short order just
> > isn't an option.
>
> Yeah, but in another couple years we'll breach the 1M mark and
> everybody will have fresh routers with lots of TCAM for a while. If
> that were the only issue, it'd be a matter of timing the change well.

Everybody will need them.  Not all will get (or be able to get) them.

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