[6bone] IPv6 routing table size

Michel Py michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us
Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:01:23 -0700


> Bill Manning wrote:
> a single "million" is either way too large or 
> way too small.  Depends on if you beleive the
> aggregation model will hold.

Agree.

> A pragmatic design choice would be for supporting
> a table size of	2x32nd number of entries, presuming
> CIDR.

If it's 2^32 sites, but not 2^32 routes, I agree.
If it's 2^32 sites, _and_ 2^32 routes, I do not.

> Is such a design practical? Not with todays technolgies.
> How much social engineering	can be done to ensure that
> choice is not restricted?

A lot, IMHO.

Michel.