> At 11:30 AM 5/23/00 -0700, Billy Monroe wrote:
>Hello:
>
>An interviewer asked if I could enable RIP and OSPF on the same network.
>I answered that it is possible to overlap protocols, but it is not
>recommended. I said that OSPF has an Administrative Distance lower than
RIP,
>so OSPF will be the procotol in use.
>
>Is that a complete/correct answer ?
Not quite. The Administrative Distance enables the router to decide which
route to enter into the routing table. That route, when it comes down to
OSPF and RIP, will be an OSPF route due to the lower (default)
administrative distance. However, this does not mean that "OSPF will be the
protocol in use". Both protocols will be active (do "show ip protocols" to
prove it) and utilising resources on the routers and the network.
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