[36893] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RIP and RIPv2, "The glue that makes the internet work"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Tue Apr 24 22:24:19 2001
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
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To: rmeyer@mhsc.com (Roeland Meyer)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 02:44:50 +0000 (UCT)
Cc: jmbrown@ihighway.net ('John M . Brown'), nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <9DC8BBAD4FF100408FC7D18D1F092286039ED7@condor.mhsc.com> from "Roeland Meyer" at Apr 24, 2001 07:08:20 PM
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POP quiz!
What was/is the largest production network (in number of end nodes) that
used/uses RIP as the IGP?
What was/is the largest production network (in number of end nodes) that
used/uses static routing as the IGP?
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> That was last month's issue. I chuckled too. But, for a small end-point LAN,
> it's not bad. Consider it appropriate tech, applied in appropriate places.
> Even fully static routes aren't bad, on small enough networks.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John M . Brown [mailto:jmbrown@ihighway.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 6:51 PM
> > To: nanog@merit.edu
> > Subject: RIP and RIPv2, "The glue that makes the internet work"
> >
> >
> >
> > Latest Linux Mag has this really nice long article about how
> > RIP and its new version RIPv2 is the GLUE that makes the internet
> > work.
> >
> > I almost fell down on that.
> >
> > Oh, wait, I do know a couple of exchange points that wanted to or are
> > running RIP. No REALLY!!
> >
> > jmbrown
> >
> >
>
