10 Nov
2010
10 Nov
'10
9:09 p.m.
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 03:39:31PM -0500, Greg Whynott wrote: [snip]
i have my maxas-limit set to 10 based on an article I was reading. perhaps I should up that a bit.
That article was deeply mistaken. 50 was reasonable for older IOS with bugs back in ... 2001-2003? I think. under the auspices of apnic, gih has done serious study of network diameter [specifically in relation to churn and background noise, but useful data here]. I'm a big fan of belts and suspenders but would reccomend taking at least a coarse analysis of the path lengths seen in your neck of the woods from your providers before setting a number. Cheers, Joe -- RSUC / GweepNet / Spunk / FnB / Usenix / SAGE