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Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter)
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen () sprunk org>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:01:47 -0600
Thus spake <sysadmin () citynetwireless net>
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 11:36:00PM +0100, Daniel Roesen wrote:Really? Where are the limits of BGP? Can you show me any numbers? You'd be the first. I'm not aware of any protocol inherent scaling brickwalls like with other protocols where certain timing constraints place limits (or thinking of L1 systems, you remember CSMA/CD?).Last time I checked, Ethernet is still CSMA/CD.
Only if you're running half-duplex, which is generally an error condition in modern networks.
(Unless we're talking WiFi, but I think that mechanism's actually called CSMA/CA)
S Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws theK5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
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- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?), (continued)
- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?) Kevin Loch (Dec 21)
- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?) bmanning (Dec 21)
- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?) JORDI PALET MARTINEZ (Dec 21)
- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?) Marshall Eubanks (Dec 21)
- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?) Kevin Day (Dec 21)
- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?) Kevin Loch (Dec 21)
- Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) Jeroen Massar (Dec 21)
- Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) Daniel Roesen (Dec 21)
- Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) sysadmin (Dec 21)
- Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) Daniel Roesen (Dec 21)
- Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) Stephen Sprunk (Dec 21)
- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?) Kevin Loch (Dec 21)
- Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) Kevin Day (Dec 21)
- Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) Jeroen Massar (Dec 22)
- Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) Kevin Day (Dec 22)
- Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) Daniel Roesen (Dec 27)
- Re: Addressing versus Routing (Was: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter) Michael . Dillon (Dec 22)
- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?) Kevin Day (Dec 21)
- Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?) Daniel Roesen (Dec 21)