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Re: (ASCEND) Making IGP work on a Max



At 09:37 PM 7/14/98 +0200, Lars Marowsky-Brée wrote:
>We are currently switching to an IGP. The choice has been made to go for
>OSPF. Now after some investigation, it appears that OSPF on Max is
>suboptimal to say the least ;-)
>
>Upgrading has been considered, but can't be paid for. ;-)
>
>Now I am considering if it is feasible to run RIPv2 (which appears to work
>on the max) on the Ascend equipment, and redistribute those routes to OSPF
>with the next router (which is a Cisco anyway, maybe we'll put each Max
>exclusively on a ethernet port of a cisco if it needs to be done)

Redistribution will work. But so will OSPF on a Max. It works fine
depending on your network design. We have many customers using OSPF today.
OTOH, you should watch out for Cisco bugs with RIPv2 on various releases of
IOS.

I would give OSPF a try on the Max first. But really think about the
design. The Max isn't a BDR and shouldn't be in area 0 at all (IMHO).

Matt Holdrege		http://www.ascend.com	matt@ascend.com
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