[130325] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RIP Justification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Franklin)
Fri Oct 1 07:19:21 2010
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:19:13 +0000 (GMT)
From: Tim Franklin <tim@pelican.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <21684634.01285931936789.JavaMail.root@jennyfur.pelican.org>
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> Now, when traffic comes from head office destined for a site prefix,
> it hits the provider gear. That provider gear will need routing
> information to head to a particular site. If you wanted to use
> statics, you will need to fill out a form each time you add/remove a
> prefix for a site and the provider must manage that. Its called a
> 'pain in the arse'.
>
> Enter RIPv2.
Or BGP. Why not?