Re: A routing problem and possible solutions (fwd)

Bradley Dunn (bradley@dunn.org)
Wed, 27 Nov 1996 11:20:07 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Marc Rouleau wrote:

> On Nov 26, 7:11pm, MegaZone wrote:
> >> If so, how will we handle dialup host routes -- will we be able to aggregate
> >> them into /27 subnets on a per-Portmaster basis even when not all ports are
> >> in use? Or will they have to propagate as host routes?
> >
> > My take would be to use OSPF on the network and have the individual host
> > routes propigate.
>
> I don't have a good feel for the load that an OSPF process with hundreds or
> even thousands of routes changing multiple times per minute will place on
> the network's routers, but I do wonder about the scalability of allowing
> host routes to propagate. I suppose we'll just have to try it and see.

Segment the network into multiple areas and summarize the routing info at
the borders.

-BD