On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 7:25 AM, Tim Raphael <raphael.timo...@gmail.com> wrote: > L3VPN hand off is the only thing I can think of from the top of my head. But > then, there would be no need to have a full table unless you had customers > requesting a full table.
Well my interpretation was that IPv4 address space had become so scarce that other methods were becoming more needed even on the high end edge networks. > > It sounds like the OP is looking for one device to do multiple roles where > two/three different device types and/or sizes would fit better. But that seems more plausible. > > > On 9 Apr 2015, at 10:18 pm, Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So to return this to a more rational basis - why does an edge network > need MPLS in the first place? > > -- Dave Täht Open Networking needs **Open Source Hardware** https://plus.google.com/u/0/107942175615993706558/posts/N8mZ5F5iSPU