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On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:42 AM, Deepak Jain <dee...@ai.net> wrote: >> Subject: Re: largest OSPF core >> >> On 02/09/2010 13:20, lorddoskias wrote: >>> I'm just curious - what is the largest OSPF core (in terms of number >> of >>> routers) out there? >> >> You don't expect anyone to actually admit to something like this? :-) >> > > > For giggles: > > http://books.google.com/books?id=uBwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59&dq=practical+limits+of+OSPF&hl=en&ei=qud_TNTAFYL68AautJXoAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=practical%20limit&f=false > > Network World April 9, 1990 (page 59): > > "There is no practical limit to the number of interconnected networks OSPF > and Dual Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System can support"... > > "From the onset, OSPF was intended to be short-term, for IP-only".. > > "Dual routing is intended to be more of a long-term solution because there > will be very few pure OSI or TCP/IP routing environments in the future." > > --- > > Technology prognosticators shouldn't try their hands in Vegas. Just saying. > > With respect to these OSPF questions, how many people are running two OSPF > processes on each router (v4 and v6) to support dual stack rather than > migrating (or just enjoying their existing) ISIS (OSI) implementations? > You left out the option of using ospf3 to do both v4 and v6. Works on juniper and foundry at least. Owen > Deepak >
