Re: Routing table size?

[masataka ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

Iljitsch;

> > > When?

> > For the lifetime of IPv6 or, at least, multi6.

> So how long is that going to be?

It will be long before, if ever, there are 2^128 hosts or 2^64 subnets.

> > > assuming we'll see significant v6 deployment, my guess is 15k - 60k 
> > > by 2010 (depending on the success of our efforts here), at which 
> > > point the v4 table will be around 200k.

> > Such an unfounded statements is not an input for constructive discussion.

> We're all familiar with the underlying data, so why repeat it here?

The only meaningful underlying data is that the global routing table
size of IPv6 is *SMALL*.

							Masataka Ohta