""Howard C. Berkowitz"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:v04220895b5a354b03237@[63.216.127.98]...
> This is a good question, and I'd like to pose a question myself to
> people who read my response. As far as I am concerned, my answers
> here are at the minimum real-world level for Internet routing
> operations. I draw a distinction between Internet routing operations
> and "BGP".
>
> ACRC was completely useless, IMNSHO, when it came to BGP and the
> wider subject of Internet routing operations. There's a lot of
> discussion about a new emphasis on BGP in BCSN. From talking to some
> BCSN instructors, however, my sense is that the operational issues I
> describe below are _not_ considered in the courseware. Am I correct
> in that assumption?
>
> Do some current instructors go beyond that level in chalktalks or
> supplementary materials?
>
It is unlikely that many instructors will go beyond the level required in
ACRC, leave alone BSCN, as this is logically the follow-on course. I would
probably go through the ramifications personally, but I would hesitate to
suggest that it is commonplace among Cisco instructors to do as Howard
describes. Clearly, the perfomance issues related to running BGP are far
from trivial and need to be emphasised at every opportunity. I know that my
students, when I teach BSCN, are under no false impressions as to the
complexity of the protocol or of its implications.
Edward Solomon
CCNA, CCSI
Senior I/T Specialist
Networking Solutions
IBM Canada Ltd. - Learning Services
Tel.: (905) 316-3241 Fax: (905) 316-3101
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