[74176] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RIP in Operation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Thu Sep 16 12:40:58 2004
To: rhayden@geek.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:17:24 -0500 (CDT)"
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:40:20 +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> We use RIP extensively on the edges of our network to build a Layer3
> routed overlay between 3550/3750 switches and our 6500-based core. At
> $2k/list for the EMI license PER SWITCH ($4k for 3750s), it just wasn't
> feasible for us to use EMI just for OSPF when all we were really
> announcing was a loopback and a /30 connected network.
>
> We route filter and tune the RIP times down quite a bit. Meets our needs
> on the edges.
I assume you mean RIPv2, ie. classless. With that caveat, I can certainly
see why RIP would be used.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
