Are SW upgrades needed in MPLS core networks?

Fri Feb 6 19:47:03 UTC 2004

On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 05:32:57PM -0200, Rubens Kuhl Jr. wrote:
> 
> > Doing 8+1+1+1+1+... would seem wasteful for IPv6 with the current
> > address allocation scheme, are you sure that´s what´s used for IPv6 too?
> 
> I'm not. Juniper isn't very open about this matter, and I only got
> confirmation of that for IPv4.

Hrm, I could have sworn it was actually 16-1-1-1-1-etc for the trie
lookup primitive on the IP2. But alas I am not an ASIC designer, nor do I
work for Juniper, nor am I in any way qualified to do anything other than
talk out my ass about the benefits and drawbacks of any specific bit
groupings in a multi-bit trie implementation in hardware. So unlike the
rest of the list, I will quit while I am ahead. :)

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