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Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem
From: Paul Ferguson <pferguso () cisco com>
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 12:55:16 -0500
At 12:09 PM 3/2/97 -0500, Mike O'Dell wrote:
The REAL problem is the growing complexity of the ROUTING COMPUTATION, not the size of the resulting forwarding table. even if routers had infinite memory, we would still be crushed by the routing computation if allowed to grow unchecked.
I have always subscribed to this fundamental concept; memory to accommodate N number of routes has never been an operational issue. As you have stated, it's the computational resources required to calculate optimal paths when path information changes. There is a linear relationship between the number of paths & routes that must be parsed, and the amount of time it takes to compute install the best one(s). - paul - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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- "routing table slots" and the real problem Mike O'Dell (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Perry E. Metzger (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Mike O'Dell (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Michael Dillon (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Mike O'Dell (Mar 02)
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- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Paul Ferguson (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Scott Bradner (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Paul Ferguson (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Joseph T. Klein (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Mr. Dana Hudes (Mar 03)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Joseph T. Klein (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Paul Ferguson (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Vadim Antonov (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Mike O'Dell (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Vadim Antonov (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Mike O'Dell (Mar 02)
- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Paul Ferguson (Mar 02)
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- Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem Perry E. Metzger (Mar 02)