Please send me your comments

[Richard Routh/Tampa/Contr/AT&T/IJV]

Hello,

     I apologize for not being privy to all the preceding conversations
regarding routing.   As I have recently joined, I thought to add my two
cents worth here.  ( Ok, I rely heavily on Inflation here!! )

-There are limits to the 'real-estate' network devices use in a store and
forward approach to networking.
-The protocols used can fill up this memory space very quickly if prudent
address space or routing tables are not configured.
-Network 'Flapping' can and does threaten dynamic routing protocols.
-Vendor specific protocols can jeopardize network stability as they tend to
be 'chatty' ( i.e. AppleTalk, Novell IPX )
-Vendor hardware must be thoroughly checked for the routing table size
capabilities across the network as the smallest storage area wins

If I can clarify this for anyone please respond and I will gladly review
this.

Mit Freundlichen Grüssen/Kind Regards/Met Vreundlijke Groet,
Richard Routh
ABS -  Network Capacity, Performance and Tuning

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In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein



CJW <cjw at remarque.org>@arin.net on 11/02/2000 04:18:38 PM

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Subject:  Please send me your comments



Hi everyone out there in rtma-land,

I think it's time I try again to get you all involved.  I'd like to
come up with a list of agenda topics and perhaps meet as a working group
at the next ARIN meeting.  So far some topics I can think of are:

ways to summarize the routing table info:
   a) discuss Scott Marcus's info on AS number depletion
      (perhaps compare it to Geoff Huston's data presented
       last week at the APNIC meeting)
   b) how do assigned ASNs compare to the ones showing up
      in the routing table?
   c) how many prefixes are being assigned per ASN?
   d) perhaps compare registered prefixes and length to
      advertisements.  For example how many advertisements
      are generated for each assigned prefix?
   e) perhaps query experts on when the existing network
      equipment will no longer be able to handle the size of
      the routing table (not just # of prefixes but number of
      paths, not just amount of memory required, but what happens
      if there are flaps)

Any other thoughts?  What info should we be gathering? (if any)

Thanks for your help!
---Cathy