[149805] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Common operational misconceptions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kenneth M. Chipps Ph.D.)
Thu Feb 16 00:05:49 2012
From: "Kenneth M. Chipps Ph.D." <chipps@chipps.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <4F3C8A4B.1090309@gmx.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:04:01 -0600
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How widespread would you say the use of IS-IS is?
Even more as to which routing protocols are used, not just in ISPs, what
percent would you give to the various ones. In other words X percent of
organizations use OSPS, Y percent use EIGRP, and so on.
-----Original Message-----
From: Antti Ristim=E4ki [mailto:antti.ristimaki@gmx.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:47 PM
To: John Kristoff
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Common operational misconceptions
"IS-IS is a legacy protocol that nobody uses"
15.02.2012 22:47, John Kristoff kirjoitti:
> Hi friends,
>
> As some of you may know, I occasionally teach networking to college=20
> students and I frequently encounter misconceptions about some aspect=20
> of networking that can take a fair amount of effort to correct.
>
> For instance, a topic that has come up on this list before is how the=20
> inappropriate use of classful terminology is rampant among students,=20
> books and often other teachers. Furthermore, the terminology isn't=20
> even always used correctly in the original context of classful =
addressing.
>
> I have a handful of common misconceptions that I'd put on a top 10=20
> list, but I'd like to solicit from this community what it considers to =
> be the most annoying and common operational misconceptions future=20
> operators often come at you with.
>
> I'd prefer replies off-list and can summarize back to the list if=20
> there is interest.
>
> John
>
