> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Neal [mailto:Donald.Neal(a)telecom.co.nz]
> Sent: Friday, 16 April 2004 8:34 a.m.
> To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz
> Subject: RE: [nznog] Routing protocols
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> In the words of Iljitsch van Beijnum's book "BGP", which I was reading
> over Easter (I know, I'm a sad person):
>
> "If you are implementing a large-scale IP network or have unusual
> requirements, you should definitely read up on all the
> protocols so you
> can make an informed decision. However, most small-to-medium sized
> networks running just IP should go ahead and select OSPF: it does the
> job, doesn't have any huge disadvantages, and is readily available."
>
> - Donald Neal
>
> Donald Neal | "I suspect most samba
> Technical Specialist | developers are already
> Operations Engineering | technically insane. Of course,
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> Alcatel NZ Ltd | Australians you can't tell."
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What a terrible thing to be reading over easter :-)
One advantage of using IS-IS is that if you're running both IPv4 and IPv6 on a network, you only need to run the one IGP for both. Doing both woth OSPF requires OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 :-(
I did see a very good presentation some time ago (which may very well have been the AOL one that Joe mentioned) that detailed the transition to IS-IS where the network was live at the time. From memory, the primary reason for the change was the desire to move to an MPLS-capable network.
Cheers,
Gordon
