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Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ?
From: Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 09:18:00 +0100
William Herrin wrote on 02/10/2023 08:56:
All it means is that you have to keep an eye on your FIB size as well, since it's no longer the same as your RIB size.
the point Jacob is making is is that when using FIB compression, the FIB size depends on both RIB size and RIB complexity. I.e. what was previously a deterministic 1:1 ratio between RIB and FIB - which is straightforward to handle from an operational point of view - becomes non-deterministic. The difficulty with this is that if you end up with a FIB overflow, your router will no longer route.
That said, there are cases where FIB compression makes a lot of sense, e.g. leaf sites, etc. Conversely, it's not a generally appropriate technology for a dense dfz core device. It's a tool in the toolbox, one of many.
Nick
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- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ?, (continued)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Matthew Petach (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Seth David Schoen (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Matthew Petach (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Jon Lewis (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Saku Ytti (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Seth David Schoen (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? William Herrin (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Jakob Heitz (jheitz) via NANOG (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? William Herrin (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Jakob Heitz (jheitz) via NANOG (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? William Herrin (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Nick Hilliard (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? William Herrin (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Tom Beecher (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? William Herrin (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Tom Beecher (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? William Herrin (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? tim () pelican org (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Joshua Miller (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Owen DeLong via NANOG (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? William Herrin (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Matthew Petach (Oct 01)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Tom Beecher (Oct 02)
- Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ? Matthew Petach (Oct 02)