Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:09:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Our routed - Vern says it's old and buggy. Message-ID: <199904281909.MAA08470@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904281432380.378-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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:couldn't possibly be more open than RIP.
:
:>
:> OSPF has been around for a long time.
:
:But RIP is older, and was the first routing scheme.
Which means.... nothing. RIP was designed for a time when networks
were simple. It has no multipath capabilities, it can *barely*
handle subnet masks, and it figures out when a route is dead by
letting packets loop until their TTL runs out. Also, propogation of
state loads the network in a non linear fashion and breaks down when you
have a lot of nodes. It works, but it isn't fun.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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