> > Come on man, go re-read the post. The two paragraphs you cut literally > explained what happens -instead of- routes dropping out of the FIB or > being black holed. >
Ok On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 2:03 PM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 6:05 AM Tom Beecher <beec...@beecher.cc> wrote: > >> That depends. When the FIB gets too big, routers don't immediately > >> die. Instead, their performance degrades. Just like what happens with > >> oversubscription elsewhere in the system. > > > > If you consider blackholing traffic because the relevant next-hops > aren't present in the FIB to be looked up as "degradation".... I guess? > > Come on man, go re-read the post. The two paragraphs you cut literally > explained what happens -instead of- routes dropping out of the FIB or > being black holed. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > William Herrin > b...@herrin.us > https://bill.herrin.us/ >