[c-nsp] Provider border box

[Konstantin Barinov]

Hi,

IS-IS is a solution, I know. But a big lot of boxes we depend on,
(>20 UBR's) do not support IS-IS, or support in the version of IOS we
do not like. :)


br
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Konstantin Barinov
INFONET AS, Tallinn, Estonia


Sunday, November 26, 2006, 1:24:24 AM, you wrote:

>> Why dont you like eigrp? It seems to be more stable than ospf,
>> at least 7-8 years ago, when I had to chose between ospf and eigrp.
>> Also, that time eigrp could do unequal path load balance, which was
>> one of primary advantages to stick with eigrp. Of course, migration
>> from eigrp to ospf now means only one night of nightmares, but
>> who wants that? :)

snn> EIGRP means you're locked into Cisco products, which is an excellent
snn> reason in itself to migrate. There are other reasons too, for instance
snn> the fact that EIGRP doesn't handle MPLS TE very well.

snn> OSPF or IS-IS for IGP, customer routes in BGP, is the way to go.

snn> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no