Reading RFC's is a wonderful way to prepare oneself for a good night's sleep
:->
That said, those I have read have taught me two things: 1) what's in them
and 2) there is nothing in them that isn't covered as well if not better in
some of the standard texts we are all reading.
RFC2328 does not strike me as particularly well organized, for example. On
the other hand, reading through it goes a long way towards showing me what
kinds of things are standard versus what kind of things are Cisco
proprietary. For example, the router priority and how that works. Means that
in theory, Cisco, Nortel, and Lucent are all interoperable in terms of how
the priority works, and therefore which router becomes the DR, for example.
Or that the RID determination is probably NOT standard. RFC2328 suggests
that the RID might, for example, be the LOWEST IP address on any interface.
But it DOES state that RID's must be unique within an AS, and that it
something I wondered about and was just about to do a Q&D lab to test.
As far as what one should walk away with after reading an RFC, my thought is
just an understanding of what is covered and how that relates to the way
Cisco does things. I'm sure not going to spend a lot of time figuring out
how to perform SPF calculations. People with PhD's in math spend years
figuring that kind of stuff out. This calculus flunky has better things to
do. :->
Chuck
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Jaeheon Yoo
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 11:38 PM
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Subject: On RFC2328 - OSPF 2
Hi,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!
I'm reading RFC 2328, fortunately most part of it is understandable
for me. But "16. Calculation of the routing table" part is extremely
hard to follow. Although Jeff Doyle's explanation of Dijkstra's
algorithm sounds easy and interesting, why is it so tough in original
document? Is this essential or required for me to thoroughly
understand it in its original terms? In that case, are there any plain
language version of it out there?
Thanks in advance
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