One thing to consider with the Bates report is that he gets his BGP view from Concentric (who bought gnx.net). Other ISPs which don't filter as strictly (or perhaps not at all) report 109-114K prefixes: telnet route-views.oregon-ix.net route-views.oregon-ix.net>sh ip bgp sum BGP router identifier 198.32.162.100, local AS number 6447 BGP table version is 8105935, main routing table version 8105935 130679 network entries and 3180699 paths using 126658311 bytes of memory 483414 BGP path attribute entries using 25137528 bytes of memory 390044 BGP AS-PATH entries using 9665388 bytes of memory 385 BGP community entries using 9784 bytes of memory Dampening enabled. 3424 history paths, 3509 dampened paths BGP activity 221110/85597 prefixes, 14174554/10970742 paths Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd 4.0.0.2 4 1 630998 15640 8104494 0 0 1d08h 100490 12.127.0.249 4 7018 783273 15639 8104494 0 0 4d07h 99778 134.24.127.30 4 1740 615528 15641 8104494 0 0 03:07:59 102180 134.55.20.229 4 293 986887 15638 8104494 0 0 1w3d 100853 144.228.241.81 4 1239 779140 15638 8104494 0 0 1w3d 99955 157.22.9.7 4 715 718051 15607 8104494 0 0 3d10h 101322 165.87.32.5 4 2685 1312204 31172 8104494 0 0 1d08h 99917 167.142.3.6 4 5056 3531376 15583 8104494 0 0 2d06h 101198 192.121.154.25 4 1755 725063 15649 8104494 0 0 1d08h 101210 193.0.0.56 4 3333 796210 15646 8104494 0 0 20:25:30 113850 wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > The Bates report shows eight straight days over 100K routes > > Table History > ------------- > > Date Prefixes > 200401 100216 > 210401 100108 > 220401 100099 > 230401 100219 > 240401 100457 > 250401 100635 > 260401 100755 > 270401 100797 > > Check http://www.employees.org/~tbates/cidr.plot.html for a plot > of the table history. > > Interestingly, a minor thread showed up on NANOG about cutting down the > number of routes in internet tables the other day. > > http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg02706.html > > with an interesting reply: > > http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg02709.html > > Chuck > > > > > > > > Chuck > > One IOS to forward them all. > One IOS to find them. > One IOS to summarize them all > And in the routing table bind them. > > -JRR Chambers- > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=2383&t=2360 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

