From: Larson, Chris (CLarson@usaid.gov)
Date: Fri Sep 06 2002 - 11:42:16 GMT-3
You have opened a can of worms. Arguments of OSPF vs. EIGRP have gone on for
a long time when in fact you cannot say that one is better then the other
until you apply it to your situation. You need to know both (operationally
and functionally) and then make a determination as to which is best for your
situation, or meets the requirements fo your task.
There are times when one might be favorable or even necessary over the
other. If you are designing for Qwest then there is probably no question as
to which one you would want to use. In that type of environment I would
think you would do well to steer clear of anything proprietary as I would
doubt that Qwest would commit to a single vendor for the life of the network
or any length of time where a good ROI would be seen with the implementation
of a design using a proprietary protocol running throughout the network.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Gaff [SMTP:derekgaff@eircom.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:03 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: OSPF over EIGRP !!!!
>
> Hi Madman
>
> This is my point, having a routing protocol that is easy to implement is
> not
> my kind of explanation. Think of it this way beside the easy configuration
> part.
>
> If I had White Paper and Cream Paper what is the best one to draw a
> picture
> on, white because your use to drawing on it, or cream cause its nice to
> use,
> whats the argument to use one over the other, ??????.
>
> regards'
> Derek
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MADMAN" <dave@interprise.com>
> To: "Derek Gaff" <derekgaff@eircom.net>
> Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:56 PM
> Subject: Re: OSPF over EIGRP !!!!
>
>
> >
> > If your an all Cisco shop and don't cringe at the thought of running
> > proprietary protocols I would go with EIGRP. I have found EIGRP to
> > converge quicker without tweaking then OSPF, EIGRP is easy to implement
> > and takes much less thought, scales pretty well and is pretty reliable.
> >
> > anecdotally I have converted more networks from OSPF to EIGRP than the
> > other way around.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Derek Gaff wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Darren
> > >
> > > yes i understand that, what I am looking for is information to say why
> ospf
> > > would be better than eigrp in an all cisco network, ect authentication
> type,
> > > convergence time, backup link options and so on.
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Olive, Darren" <Darren.Olive@globalcrossing.com>
> > > To: "'Derek Gaff'" <derekgaff@eircom.net>
> > > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:47 AM
> > > Subject: RE: OSPF over EIGRP !!!!
> > >
> > > > EIGRP is proprietary, so if you are using any non-cisco equipment in
> your
> > > > internetwork that would be a good reason to use OSPF.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Derek Gaff [mailto:derekgaff@eircom.net]
> > > > Sent: 06 September 2002 10:16
> > > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > > Subject: OSPF over EIGRP !!!!
> > > >
> > > > Hi All
> > > >
> > > > Just wondering if anybody can help me here. I am looking for
> information
> > > > regarding using OSPF over EIGRP. Why would it be better to use OSPF
> over
> > > > EIGRP
> > > > or visa versa.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Derek
> > --
> > David Madland
> > CCIE# 2016
> > Sr. Network Engineer
> > Qwest Communications
> > 612-664-3367
> >
> > "You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston
> > Churchill
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