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Date:      Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:50:08 +0200
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        chuckr@picnic.mat.net
Cc:        wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, wollman@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Our routed - Vern says it's old and buggy.
Message-ID:  <47565.925249808@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Apr 1999 17:39:39 -0400 (EDT)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904271738160.378-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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> Finally learned enough about routing to understand this.  Which router
> program does OSPF?  Gated?

Yes.

> Since OSPF seems to have a lot of good features, and it's hardly new,
> why isn't a router using OSPF installed with FreeBSD?

Probably because:

- OSPF *is* more complex, and you need to learn more to configure it
properly.

- OSPF is arguably overkill for small networks.

- OSPF can't be used in 'listen-only' mode like 'routed -q'.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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