[6270] in North American Network Operators' Group
IS-IS questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bradley Dunn)
Sat Nov 23 20:04:49 1996
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 19:56:04 -0500 ()
From: Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org>
Reply-To: Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Hi.
I asked on comp.dcom.sys.cisco a few days ago about the advantages of
IS-IS over OSPF. Dave Katz replied that IS-IS has proven to be very
extensible while still allowing for backward compatibility. IS-IS was also
overhauled around the same time that a lot of ISPs were building their
networks.
My questions are these. When is a good time to use IS-IS? Should an ISP
that wants to build a scalable network go with IS-IS right now? Or is
there a certain point where IS-IS becomes desirable over OSPF? Is there
ever such a point? I would think it is better to pick an IGP and stick
with it.
Thanks for any comments.
-BD
