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On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 02:44:50AM +0000, [email protected] 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:[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 > > > > > > > > > -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204
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