Agenda for next NANOG
John Hawkinson
jhawk at bbnplanet.com
Tue Sep 3 22:56:39 UTC 1996
> > This is an interesting problem and actually close to solvable at the
> > IP level. I'm sure you are familiar with PPP LQM. Take out the PPP
> > part and keep the LQM packet format and local storage. Keep one LQM
> > struct per ARP entry on a bcast or nbma interface (such as an ATM
> > NAP). Count packets used by each ARP entry and update SNMP and the
> > LQM entry as you would in PPP LQM. Occasionally (once a second is
> > fine) send an LQM packet summarizing what has been sent.
>
> This is a very good idea. You might want to hand it over
> to your vendor before I hand it over to mine. :-)
Hey, now. Curtis has been saying this for at least a few years.
Clearly people haven't been paying attention!
(but don't let that stop you from knocking any particular vendor about it).
--jhawk
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