who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?]

Sun Nov 21 05:32:33 UTC 2004

>
>if the ipv6 routing table ever gets as large as the ipv4 routing table is
>today (late 2004 if you're going to quote me later), we'll be in deep doo.
>--
Paul Vixie

"Nut-uh!"

*WHEN* the ipv6 routing table gets as large as the ipv4 routing table 
is today (late 2004, when you quote me later) it won't be a problem.

As a matter of fact, I would bet that Cisco , Juniper, and any other 
edge/core router manufacturer are banking on this happening.

Today's routing table can be carried on older edge routers very 
effectively (There are many 7500, 7200 series routers out there), and 
I predict that this will continue to be the case for quite some time 
(at least a few more years)  This is not conducive to the business 
model of Cisco Systems.   *WHEN* the IPv6 routing table is the same 
size that it is today, I seriously doubt that there will be any 
problem with finding a CPU fast enough, RAM with a memory rate high 
enough, or CPU to memory bandwidth wide enough to handle it.

And when that time comes: I promise that any Cisco sales person will 
have at least more than a handful of routers to sell you that'll 
handle the load just fine.

I'm Jerry Pasker, and I approved this message.