Order of prefixes in "show" command

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 02:09:53PM +0000, Muzalewska, Klara wrote:
> Hi,
> In which order prefixes are displayed while doing :
> “show route table <table_name>” ?

Hi

We use hash tables internally to implement routing tables, so routes are
reported in order they are in the hash table (i.e. sorted by hash value
of network modulo table size).

> While doing this command with this same set of prefixes, it will always display in this same order?

Not necessary, if the hash table is resized, routes may be reshuffled.

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