Most ISPs actually use a flat L2 area in IS-IS, or a flat Area 0.
Areas are seldom used in the SP world.
Btw, a good reference for this is Packet Pushers, Episode 89.
-- Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S) Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Joseph L. Brunner <joe_at_affirmedsystems.com> wrote: > Already explained b > > > > https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/thread/40954 > > > > biggest reason from a practical standpoint b ISP to BIG to place area 0 in > one place! LOL > > > > area 0 requirement is like a bsecond dude in the bed requirementb. Bitch is > out > > > > From: Imran Ali [mailto:immrccie_at_gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 1:35 PM > To: Marko Milivojevic > Cc: Joseph L. Brunner; Carlos G Mendioroz; Brian McGahan; Narbik Kocharians; > Cisco certification > > > Subject: Re: OSPF LSA type 3 filtering > > > > marko i need to know why they use is-is over ospf > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_ipexpert.com> > wrote: > > In reality, for this purpose, IS-IS and OSPF are pretty much the same > (Type 2 vs Pseudonode LSP). They both use a very similar approach to > solve the same calculation problem. > > Carriers tend to use IS-IS for one other reason (to some extent > remedied by OSPFv3). This is a separate discussion though. > > > -- > Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S) > Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert > > > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.netReceived on Fri Jan 04 2013 - 11:05:57 ART
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