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Re: AT&T NYC


From: alex () yuriev com
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 17:44:29 -0400 (EDT)



On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 01:09:54PM -0400, alex () yuriev com wrote:
Has anybody mentioned the benefits of ISIS as an IGP to them.
Link-state protocols are evil, and when they break, they *really* break.
I still do not see a compeling argument for not using BGP as your IGP.

Slow convergence.

If you do not randomly MESS with your routers and circuits outside the
maintenance window, your customers will apreciate stability over how fast it
converge.

As alternative, you get full blown outages a-la AboveNet and AT&T.

Alex


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