[4487] in linux-net channel archive
Re: FAQ for linux and gated
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ATPlack)
Fri Sep 20 16:24:02 1996
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 12:56:10 -0500
From: ATPlack <ATPlack@scj.com>
To: inr-linux-net@ms2.inr.ac.ru, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Easy to say unless you have less than 50 of these things out there.
If you are able to do a massive Cisco router change with NO impact to the
users, NO one will believe you.
I agree that they are not the easiest to configure and OSPF would be
wonderful but not every router out there can sustain a OSPF to IGRP gateway
necessary to do the conversion. And OSPF is NOT that friendly in low RAM
situations. Flapping is another issue but IGRP is only marginally better in
this category.
Myself, since there is a need, I would like to see if Cisco would agree to a
Linux port of the protocol for use on the Linux boxes. Sure would be easier
and more friendly.
PS Linux as a router is not that easy either, however, It will be! :)
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From: inr-linux-net@ms2.inr.ac.ru
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: FAQ for linux and gated
Date: Friday, September 20, 1996 12:43PM
babydr (babydr@nwrain.NET) wrote:
: Susan, I would be interested as our company has several
: Cisco's & it would be nice to be able to talk 'their'
: language, Is / Was there any interest other than the
: two replies to the list for IGRP ?
Please, save your time, forget this idea.
Apparently, IGRP is NOT "lovely" Cisco protocol, Ciscos are shipped out
with the most conservative default configuration: no CIDR,
IGRP etc. etc. It did not change since the earliest IOS versions and
it is easy to understand why: Cisco configuration is pretty difficult
task for network admins who do not want to learn new things.
Just reconfigure your Ciscos to use OSPF - really native IOS language.
Alexey Kuznetsov.
