Re: [shara] port randomization (draft-ymbk-aplusp-03)

["Jan Zorz @ go6.si" <[e-mail]>]

Dan, hi.
>>
>> I'm also curious to hear some aproximation from any HW 
>> vendor, what does allocating "one port per request" means for 
>> PRR in larger scale.
>>     
>
> This is what today's NAPT devices do today, but without a separate
> protocol to request each port.
>   
I meant PRR on a big scale in ISP's access network.
> And, the CPE does not necessarily need to request each port; it
> could ask for ~5 or ~10 ports and then utilize them as it needs,
> and then get another batch of ~10 ports.  It comes down to
> the design decisions for the protocol between the CPE and the 
> PRR so that it is possible to utilize the entire 64K port 
> range.
>   
Yes, this is possible within described mechanism in A+P proposal, as 
minimum port range is not limited, so you can define 10 ports as a 
range, but preferably a range, that can be described with a bitmask.

Thank you, Jan Zorz