15 May
2000
15 May
'00
6:28 a.m.
Of course, note that the real problem isn't the memory space, it's the CPU time to calculate the routing table updates. Note, too, that the more unaggregated prefixes in the net, the more changes will need to be propagated to every other router in the default-free zone, implying the need for more instances of a more expensive calculation.
Not trying to teach a mailing-list full of grandmother's to suck eggs, but IFF all 2^32 (-1?) addresses were routed as hosts, then there is no index, and a linear lookup cost. Stupid thing to do, but a 2^32 * 1 or 2 bytes of linear address -> interface table. Peter