512K routes, here we come. Lots of TCAM based routers suddenly become really expensive doorstops.
Maybe time to revisit this old 2007 nanog thread? http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?do=post_view_flat;post=99870;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;list=nanog FYI nanog - https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/outages/2014-August/007091.html [outages] Major outages today, not much info at this time Teun Vink teun at teun.tv Tue Aug 12 11:42:05 EDT 2014 On di, 2014-08-12 at 15:20 +0000, Hoyle Anderson (AM) via Outages wrote: > I know this isn’t much help, but there are major problems with > multiple ISPs since around 4-5 AM EST. I really don’t have much > detail, but I have sites that are unreachable from some providers. > Looks like Comcast, level3, ATT, cogent, etc. > > > > So, it’s probably not just you, but I’m afraid I don’t know who it is. > I heard one report of a datacenter outage. > Hi, Some routing tables hit 512K routes today. Some old hardware and software can't handle that and either crash or ignore newly learned routes. So this may cause some disturbances in the force. HTH, Teun -----------------
