Re: ISP customer assignments

[TJ <trejrco () gmail com>]

Heh - Every time I try to say something close to "don't ever use this" or
"not really used anymore" WRT RIP I get a student or three that is using it,
and in fact it is there only option due to certain vendors' choices of what
routing protocols to support on certain classes of gear.

/TJ ... really hoping those certain vendors choose OSPFv3 (or ISIS, I really
don't care - anything instead of RIPng  :P  ) for IPv6.



On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Joe Abley <jabley () hopcount ca> wrote:

> On 2009-10-13, at 07:39, Scott Morris wrote:
>
> No idea, I haven't looked at that stuff in a while.   But I would assume
> > so, as it's easier to build a foundation than jumping straight to
> > something difficult?
>
> I've found RIP to be a reasonable way to teach the concept of a routing
> protocol, since the protocol is very simple and you can always close with
> "don't ever use this".
>
> But teaching classful routing and addressing is just moronic. It's a
> foundation that nothing is built on any more, and makes no sense to teach
> outside of a history class.
>
> Or did you learn calculus in grade school?  Just askin'   ;)
> >
>
> Yes, since you asked, but your presumption is faulty.
>
>
> Joe


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/TJ