On Sun, 03 Dec 2000 12:27:45 PST, Peter Welte writes: >does anyone have any opinion as to which is better, >Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) or Open >Shortest Path First (OSPF), and/or know if a >Linux(Debian) router can be set up to use one or both >of them?
I know OSPF from personal experience, and IGRP only from some course long ago. I´d go for OSPF not only because it´s easy to understand and implement (there´s the "zebra" router project for linux, also deb´ianized in unstable), but it´s also supported by a wide variety of hardware, whereas IGRP is not so widespread eg you´ll have more chance for help with OSPF. AFAIK zebra largely supports the "standard" cisco way of configuration so all those documentation out there may be of some value anyway ;-) >p.s.- i need the information so i can do a >presentation on IGRP, and i was rather hoping to be >able to mention how IGRP is proprietary, and one would > think the internet should be built on more open >(OSPF(?)) protocols. Well, I know of no ISP (which doesn´t have to mean much, most of us don´t go tell the competition about the interior setup) which uses IGRP, but I know of many using OSPF and some even IS-IS. Also, since IGRP is proprietary, and ISPs need to consider a whole bunch of hardware from different vendors (routers, terminal/dialup servers etc pp) a not-so-proprietary solution has much more likelihood... hth, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 /
