[nsp] BGP4 and high Ping Times

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> Yes, you get this when the BGP scanner runs which is once per minute, as the
> 7206 is a single processor this means whilst its churning 250000 routes your
> packet latency goes up.

But why should he care? ICMP for one of the router interfaces is not the
same as ICMP going *through* the router - this may not be affected at all.

The per-minute BGP scan gives higher roundtrip times even for platforms
with hardware-based forwarding (e.g. the 6500).

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no