At 11:41 PM 7/24/2001, Saku Ytti wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I was wondering when policy routing configured in junipers where examining
>source address or source and destination address pairs to determine next
>hop address would this be dropped to software processing or is it done
>as much in software as static routing?
Junipers don't/can't do "process switching". There is no way for the
packet to be sent to the RE and then forwarded further on from there. All
forwarding is done in the ASICs, including source-based routing.
>Second, is the information about juniper IPv6-software still under
>NDA?
Yes
>Will the current line cards support hardware routing in IPv6 also, if
>not is firmware upgrade all we need or new line cards?
Line cards have nothing to do with route lookup capability. All lookups
are done in the Internet Processor ASICs. No HW replacement will be necessary.
>What is the general attitude towards installing own software to junipers,
Just say no.
>how does this reflect on support?
It makes it shakey at best.
>Will juniper pack software, if enough
>people wish it to be packed, and thus accepted to be used.
If there is enough demand and the software is viewed to be useful to a
ROUTER. ie we don't care if everyone in the world wants Doom on there, we
will never put it on there. (;->)
>I'd like
>to see tcpdump and/or ethereal in JunOS.
Congrats, your wish is our demand. tcpdump has appeared on your router.
(:->)
tcpdump has been there all along.
>--
> ++ytti
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