> From: Ralph Droms, November 05, 2007 9:37 PM > > Does the short lease/long lease scenario scale the DHCP > server load by more than a factor of two?
Ralph, The messages the DHCP servers will double. The messages with L3 edge (BRAS) will more than double. The messages with the CPE will more than triple. (Below is some rough math. I might have missed a message or two, but the general trend is what I am trying to show.) ----------------------------------------- CPE Messages ----------------------------------------- DHCP Auth, assuming a 2 message EAP Method, the messages used by EAP would be equal + 6 Messages (draft-pruss-dhcp-auth-dsl-01) PANA+DHCP Method + 4 Messages: DHCP 1st IP address ~ (+2) DHCP renews per 60 seconds until authenticated + 11 Messages PANA with BRAS (draft-ietf-pana-pana-18, section 4.1) + 4 Messages: DHCP 2nd IP address ----------------------------------------- L3 Edge (BRAS) Messages ----------------------------------------- DHCP Auth, EAP Method + 8 Messages (draft-pruss-dhcp-auth-dsl-01) PANA Method + 4 Messages: DHCP 1st IP address ~ (+2) DHCP renews per 60 seconds until authenticated + 11 Messages PANA with CPE (draft-ietf-pana-pana-18, section 4.1) + 2 messages min for validating with EAP Server + 4 Messages: DHCP 2nd IP address ----------------------------------------- L2 Edge (DSLAM or Access Switch) Messages ----------------------------------------- DHCP Auth, EAP Method + 6 Messages snooped (draft-pruss-dhcp-auth-dsl-01) PANA+DHCP Method + 4 Messages Snooped: DHCP 1st IP address ~ (+2) DHCP renews per 60 seconds until authenticated If snooping: 11 Messages PANA (draft-ietf-pana-pana-18, section 4.1) Else if explicit policy distribution like ANCP, ~4 messages (one policy per address) + 4 Messages Snooped: DHCP 2nd IP address Eric > - Ralph > _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
