Re: BGP/4 (fwd)

Christian Nielsen (cnielsen@vii.com)
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 15:00:46 -0700 (MST)

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, MegaZone wrote:

> Once upon a time Christian Nielsen shaped the electrons to say...
> > So you are only going to have it in the PM3? What CPU is in the PM3?
> >How much memory can it handle?
>
> No. 486DX2-66. 32Meg at the moment - it uses a standard 72-pin SIMM and
> the code currently addresses 32Meg.
>
> Everyone keep in mind a straight CPU-CPU, RAM-RAM comparison is meaningless
> as we have consistently done as much or more than other products with a lower
> power CPU and less RAM.

True. But you need to be able to switch and reroute packets at a fast
speed. And I really don't think that a 386 with 4 megs of ram will hold a full
BGP table.

But what do I know.

Christian