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Re: max. prefix length

  • From: bmanning
  • Date: Fri Apr 26 16:20:05 1996
  • Posted-date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 13:13:34 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> Sorry for the newbie question:
> 
> 
> Is there a consensus on the maximum network prefix length that can be accepted
> for announcement between full-routing BGp speakers ?
> 
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> |  Alexandre Leib Grojsgold                       |  tel: + 55 21 542-2746  |
> |  LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTACAO CIENTIFICA  |  fax: + 55 21 295-8499  |
> |  22.290 Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil            |                         |
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	The absolute limit is a /32.
	Depending on whom you talk to and where your prefixen lay,
	the other values range from /24 to /18.

--bill




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