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diff --git a/network/aggregate/README b/network/aggregate/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dab400845a --- /dev/null +++ b/network/aggregate/README @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +aggregate (optimise a list of route prefixes) + +Takes a list of prefixes in conventional format on stdin, and +performs two optimisations to attempt to reduce the length of the +prefix list. The first optimisation is to remove any supplied +prefixes which are superfluous because they are already included in +another supplied prefix. For example, 203.97.2.0/24 would be removed +if 203.97.0.0/17 was also supplied. The second optimisation +identifies adjacent prefixes that can be combined under a single, +shorter-length prefix. For example, 203.97.2.0/24 and 203.97.3.0/24 +can be combined into the single prefix 203.97.2.0/23. |