Word: router
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David Newman, president of Network Test Inc, which tests router technology, says that Bradner points out a worrisome trend in Internet infrastructure, but it's not yet time to press the panic button...
...senior computer executive points out that some of Bradner's noisemaking about this problem can be attributed to his position as a technical advisory board member at Packet Design, Inc., which is working on the router problem...
Bradner thinks that developing new router hardware is not going to solve the Internet's problems. An entirely new way of sending data through the center of the Internet, or routing protocol, is necessary...
Bradner argues that because of the extraordinary importance of the router problem, and because private industry has done little to address it, the government should intervene to fund university research in routing design...
...others argue that private enterprise can solve the problem by developing new router hardware and new routing protocols...