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

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