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Re: RIP and RIPv2, "The glue that makes the internet work"

  • From: bmanning
  • Date: Tue Apr 24 22:26:25 2001

  	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:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 6:51 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > 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
> > 
> > 
>