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Re: "Flapping" and Internet meltdown
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Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
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Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Sep 1996 13:13:24 -0400
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Glenn Cole wrote:
>
> If you wonder why your Internet connection seems painfully slow at times,
> check out the article at <http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/96/sept/bwm17.htm>.
>
> (Then, please translate the term "flapping" for me. :)
 
flapping:  routing problem where the advertised route between two nodes
alternates (flaps) back and forth between two paths due to a network
problem that causes intermittent interface failures.
 
Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>

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