TheOther" goals Management > Today's Internet is decentralized-BGP >Very coarse tools. Still in the"assembly language"stage Cost effectiveness Economies of scale won out >)Internet cheaper than most dedicated networks >) Packet overhead less important by the year Attaching a host >)Not awful; DHCP and related autoconfiguration technologies helping. A ways to go, but the path is there9 The “Other” goals Management » Today’s Internet is decentralized - BGP » Very coarse tools. Still in the “assembly language” stage Cost effectiveness » Economies of scale won out » Internet cheaper than most dedicated networks » Packet overhead less important by the year Attaching a host » Not awful; DHCP and related autoconfiguration technologies helping. A ways to go, but the path is there But…