It is perhaps useful to note that there is at least one
network out there with over 210,000 network entries in
their tables today-- with multiple routers in that same AS
having well over 100 BGP sessions on them-- comprised of
around ~25% iBGP/eiBGP sessions in peer groups, and the
remainder being eBGP sessions. These boxes push a lot
of traffic, deal with a large/flat IGP, do IP filtering,
and a variety of other random services.
That same network had ~182,000 network entries in their
tables in October of 2000.
This could be reduced, and the rate of growth slowed, if
necessary, but there apparently hasn't been a compelling
enough reason for them to do so yet-- which doesn't
necessarily indicate anything beyond the fact that there
hasn't been enough pain in that area for them to change
anything yet.
Not to say that great pain isn't on the horizon.
- jsb
I don't doubt that this will continue to be a topic
that is over-sensationalized, as is done here:
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0402routing.html
Which includes this tasty quote:
"By the time the table gets to around 200,000 entries,
we may be pushing a default-free router well beyond
its processing capability."
...and this one:
"Half of the companies that are multihomed should have
gotten better service from their providers" [...] "ISPs
haven't done a good enough job explaining to their
customers that they don't need to multihome."