Re: routing protocols

2001-10-12 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 23:55:09 +0200, martin f krafft writes: > >RIP, HELLO, OSPF, BGP, EGP, SPREAD > >all these are routing protocols. RIP, HELLO, and EGP are >distance/vector based, OSPF and SPREAD are link-state based, but what >exactly do these mean? do you have a comprehensi

Re: routing protocols

2001-10-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
otocol. OTOH OSPF is a link-state protocol which does take bandwidth and speed into account (in fact it takes the link type into account). I forgot to mention that OSPF was link-state. Almost all routing protocols give you the ability to assign weights to routes so that one is preferred over t

Re: routing protocols

2001-10-10 Thread martin f krafft
* Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.10.10 17:08:15-0500]: > We're way off topic here. Any decent networking with IP text will > answer these questions. again, sorry. i panicked. much more chilled this morning. thanks for your reply. please excuse the abuse of debian-user, it's your own bl

Re: routing protocols

2001-10-10 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 11:55:09PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > > RIP, HELLO, OSPF, BGP, EGP, SPREAD > > > We're way off topic here. Any decent networking with IP text will > answer these questions. ... > > EGP: also similar, but used bet

Re: routing protocols

2001-10-10 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 11:55:09PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > RIP, HELLO, OSPF, BGP, EGP, SPREAD > > all these are routing protocols. RIP, HELLO, and EGP are > distance/vector based, OSPF and SPREAD are link-state based, but what > exactly do these mean? do you have a compre

routing protocols

2001-10-10 Thread martin f krafft
RIP, HELLO, OSPF, BGP, EGP, SPREAD all these are routing protocols. RIP, HELLO, and EGP are distance/vector based, OSPF and SPREAD are link-state based, but what exactly do these mean? do you have a comprehensive webpage? am i right: RIP: routers communicate between each other to inform each