Jerry, > > > > i've been wondering, since most people aren't using a > >25xx class router for bgp anymore, and the forwarding planes > >are able to cope more when 'bad things(tm)' happen, what the value > >of dampening is these days. > > > > ie: does dampening cause more problems than it tries to solve/avoid > >these days. > > > > - jared > > > > I don't know what takes more router resources; dampening enabled > doing the dampening calculations, or no dampening and constantly > churning the BGP table. I would assume dampening generally saves > router resources, or operators wouldn't chose to enable it.
another point to consider is the number of affected routers. Yakov.
