Heavy Networking | February 20, 2012
Show 89 – OSPF vs IS-IS Smackdown – Where You Can Watch Their Eyes Reload
Ethan
Banks
Greg
Ferro
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In this show we discuss the the differences between OSPF & IS-IS routing protocols and the differences between them.
- protocol optimisations are both good and bad.
- How both protocols have poor metric generation
- OSPFv3 offers some hope for the future.
- QoS Based metrics in their forms – MPLS TE isn’t getting good adoption.
- Why do vendors put 10 cent CPUs in their equipment and make using SPF protocols so hard ?
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Best Quotes:
Ivan – “There is the right thing to do, which is to choose IS-IS. Then there is the best thing to do which is to choose OSPF.”
Marko: “Then you can watch their Eyes reload”
Multi-topology routing in OSPFv3 (MT-OSPFv3)
IS-IS and OSPF Difference Discussions – IETF DRAFT
OSPF and IS-IS : Choosing an IGP for Large-Scale Networks – Jeff Doyle
Guests
Petr Lapukhov
Marko Milovejic @icemarkom and Blog – My Network Stories
Ivan Pepelnjak –@ioshints IPspace.net
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Great podcast! Love the interaction and tech talk. Very good pod cast for CCDE / design.