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From: Tony Li <tli@cisco.com>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
Subject: Milnet
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Date: 6 May 91 07:33:24 GMT
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Luis,

    I can't imagine that the MILNET is more complex then the rest of
    the INTERNET but I haven't heard of any major problems on NFS-NET.

That depends on your metric.  Currently NSF is distributing about 1800
routes and the Milnet cores are handling approximately 2300.  

    Can someone please explain how routing is handled on NFS-NET for
    example??

Each of the border gateways on the NSF T3 backbone speaks EGP or BGP
to the regional nets.  Exterior information is carried within the
backbone via BGP.  Interior routing is done with a variant of IS-IS.
[This information is second-hand.  Please pardon me if I've garbled
it.]

Tony