Re: maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ?

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 6:05 AM Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:
> > That depends. When the FIB gets too big, routers don't immediately
> > die. Instead, their performance degrades. Just like what happens with
> > oversubscription elsewhere in the system.
>
> If you consider blackholing traffic because the relevant next-hops aren't present in the FIB to be looked up as 
> "degradation".... I guess?

Come on man, go re-read the post. The two paragraphs you cut literally
explained what happens -instead of- routes dropping out of the FIB or
being black holed.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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