[c-nsp] IS-IS Multiarea on 12.2 SR

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 07:17:24PM +0800, Mark Tinka wrote:
> On Sunday 08 November 2009 04:29:23 pm Mikael Abrahamsson 
> wrote:
> 
> > That might make sense if you have all routes in there,
> > but when just carrying loopbacks it kind of stops making
> > sense (at least to me).
> 
> Well, a route is a route. The difference between 
> philosophies is just the volume.
> 
> I get your point, but who's to say I won't have 10,000 
> routers in production?

IMHO the rule of thumb for multiple areas in either ISIS or OSPF is "if
you have to ask whether you should use them or not, the answer is you
shouldn't". Their sensible use is so vastly exagerated in books and lab
tests that it isn't even funny.

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