From: Matt Smith (matt-n-donna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Nov 28 2001 - 23:03:14 GMT-3
Yes....The Juniper router does interoperate with the Cisco HDLC
implementation according to our last technology update any way.
----- Original Message -----
From: "W. Alan Robertson" <warobertson@earthlink.net>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: T-1 Encap Preference
> > HDLC is a Cisco-proprietary protocol.
>
> Not to nitpick, but HDLC itself is not proprietary; Cisco's
> implementation is... HDLC was developed by the International
> Organization for Standardization (ISO). It falls under the ISO
> standards ISO 3309 and ISO 4335.
>
> Like others have pointed out, PPP is the way to go when mixing
> vendors, since it is an Internet standard.
>
> There may be one exception, however, but I cannot confirm it 100%...
> I was out at one of my customers a few weeks ago, and they were
> changing ISPs. I asked the new ISP whether we ought to be using PPP
> or HDLC, and he said HDLC. I commented on their use of Cisco
> equipment, and he told me that the head-end router was actually a
> Juniper box.
>
> Now, it seems reasonable to me that the new kid on the block, so to
> speak, would attempt to seemlessly interoperate with the most widely
> used routers, but I cannot say for sure. Can anyone confirm this?
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