[36997] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RIP and RIPv2, "The glue that makes the internet work"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ulf Zimmermann)
Sat Apr 28 19:11:49 2001
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:07:42 -0700
From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net>
To: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
Cc: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>,
"'John M . Brown'" <jmbrown@ihighway.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <200104250244.CAA02398@vacation.karoshi.com>; from bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 02:44:50AM +0000
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 02:44:50AM +0000, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
>
> POP quiz!
>
> What was/is the largest production network (in number of end nodes) that
> used/uses RIP as the IGP?
I have worked in an enviroment with over 12,000 nodes, which used RIPv1
and class B address space. And it was a pain, the software/hardware
engineers who original built that stuff didn't want to give up
control.
>
> What was/is the largest production network (in number of end nodes) that
> used/uses static routing as the IGP?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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Regards, Ulf.
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