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A brief history of router architecture

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Re: A brief history of router architecture

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Post by chrisweekly »

the_only_law wrote: post #5

This is why I stay on HN. This is such a niche, interesting subject that I never would have found otherwise. I’ve been looking for networking resource that go in depth on things like this, rather than just configuring and setting up equipment. Does anyone know anything like this? I’m especially interested in ones for telecommunications networking technology.

HPBN (High-Performance Browser Networking) is excellent. I can vouch for the print edition I bought a couple years ago, and the companion website gets updates: https://hpbn.co

Also, today thanks to this thread I discovered https://book.systemsapproach.org and can already recommend it.

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Post by tony1athome »

oaiey wrote: post #14
tony1athome wrote: post #12

Thank you for the kind comments. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. -- Tony Li

I missed a statement about the transition between internal and external scaling. In the beginning of the article it is all about internal computer architecture, later more about deployment. What is the state of internal architecture?

Stuck at Clos networks. Not expected to make significant further progress.

Re: A brief history of router architecture

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Post by oaiey »

tony1athome wrote: post #32
oaiey wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I missed a statement about the transition between internal and external scaling. In the beginning of the article it is all about internal computer architecture, later more about deployment. What is the state of internal architecture?

Stuck at Clos networks. Not expected to make significant further progress.

Thanks for the article. Nice read.

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Post by briantowles »

jhallenworld wrote: post #3
mypalmike wrote: post #2

Nice article. Would be great to see some more detail with a timeframe for the progression and example routers that were known to be early implementers of each design.

There is a book: http://franki66.free.fr/Principles%20and%20Practices%20of%20...

I'm also a fan of this book. Its a bit dated, but the basics are the basics. The ideas here are still widely applied in industry.

Also worth checking out is the on-chip networks book from the synthesis lecture series.

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Post by commandlinefan »

arman_ashrafian wrote: post #9

Cool seeing this post tonight. I just finished implementing a router for my networks class like 30 minutes ago. https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/classes/wi21/cse123-a/project.html We use this book and its amazing: https://book.systemsapproach.org/index.html Section 3.5 covers router implementation details.

Wow, that’s cool - fun assignments, too. Are you allowed to share the skeleton code referenced in the descriptions?

Re: A brief history of router architecture

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Post by tony1athome »

jrez22 wrote: post #28
tony1athome wrote: post #12

Thank you for the kind comments. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. -- Tony Li

Tony, Great article, thanks for taking the time to put it together. Hope to find more articles like this from you in the near future :)

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