Re: Is Cisco equpiment de facto for you?

["Tony Varriale" <tvarriale () comcast net>]

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brandon Kim" <brandon.kim () brandontek com>
> To: <cra () wpi edu>; "nanog group" <nanog () nanog org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:46 AM
> Subject: RE: Is Cisco equpiment de facto for you?

> For ISL, I know they are trying to phase that out. For the exams, they are 
> based on dot1q.....
>
> Even if I had all cisco equipment, I'd try to go with standards because you 
> never know down the road where you may
> need to use another vendor.
>
> I wouldn't use EIGRP if given a choice, I'd go with OSPF or RIPv2.

The main problem with this is RIP sucks and there aren't a lot of people out 
there that are really good with OSPF.  For every one legit design and 
implementation of OSPF, I've seen 50 with every thing in 0 and config 
statements everywhere.

For companies that don't have real dedicated networking people, EIGRP is 
much more easy to admin and troubleshoot.

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