PI vs PA Address Space

Thu May 18 21:45:41 UTC 1995

no, I am not. I don't bend reality to adapt to my disbility, but find 
solutions to challenges offered.

Mike

(and i don't whine but work on it)

On Thu, 18 May 1995 bmanning at ISI.EDU 
wrote:

> > Eventually routers stopped being able to handle full routing
> > in 16Mb of memory, and suddenly the very real cost of
> > carrying routing information around became clear to a number
> > of providers: how much did replacing a bunch of mostly-AGS+
> > routers with 64Mb Cisco 7000-series routers cost?
> >
> 
> This memory jump has occured more than once.  I remember 4 and 8 meg
> routers.  16 meg boxen were deamed large enough when they were created.
> The leap to 64 is just another step in the process.
> 
> > nothing longer than /18 or /19 (it's /18 now, but it's
> > not entirely inflexible, and dialogues continue) will 
> > have global scope.
> 
> As an aside, is anyone else besides Sprint behind this /18
> model?  I know that Sean is a big proponent but I have heard
> no other public comment on this. (well there was one, which
> indicated that the community had reached consenses on this point,
> which is why I ask.)
> 
> 
> --bill
> 

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