[85013] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Misc][Rant] Internet router (straying slightly OT)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sabri Berisha)
Fri Sep 30 10:18:53 2005
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:18:23 +0200
From: Sabri Berisha <sabri@cluecentral.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <D8277A72-1409-4A0E-B875-C842C7BD19F9@isc.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 10:01:34AM -0400, Joe Abley wrote:
Hi,
> RIP also has the advantage that a worked, non-trivial example of the
> protocol can fit on a whiteboard, which makes it a reasonable way to
> teach the concept of a routing protocol to a classroom full of people
> who have never heard of such at thing.
Which is exactly the reason why I mentioned RIP as a routing protocol to
start with. Using RIP instead of OSPF or IS-IS has 2 advantages: one is
the simplyness of the concept and the second one you already mentioned:
> Absolutely agreed, however, that such teaching also necessarily
> involves emphatic shouting of "YOU WILL NOT TURN THIS ON IN YOUR
> PRODUCTION NETWORK".
You learn why not to use RIP in an early stage of your career.
Mentioning the terms "router-lsa", "network-summary-lsa" or "nssa-lsa"
to a person who potentially does not even know the difference between a
distance-vector and a link-state protocol has no positive effect on the
learning curve.
--
Sabri
please do not throw salami pizza away
