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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
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