Re: [routing-wg]Idea about AS-usage on IXPs

[Geoff Huston gih@localhost]

At 12:18 AM 2/12/2006, Kurt Kayser wrote:
> Hi Randy,
>
> Randy Bush wrote:
> > > Is inter-IXP-traffic really typical/necessary?
> > > from a router on IX A, i want a nice clean traceroute to a router on IX
> > B, and only have access to that IX via my friend's network on IX A.
> If the router is not an IXP-owned router, each participating router 
> is in a "normal" AS.
> But I might be really wrong in order to save a couple of 2-Byte AS-numbers,
> but somehow I have the feeling that 2-Byte space is out much faster 
> that anticipated.
Nope - the 2byte number consumption is pretty much right on schedule.



> So how far are we in globally reachable 4-Byte AS-numbers yet? 
> (different topic).
Ask your vendor about the state of their code!


  Geoff