The only DV protocol that sends incremental updates? You sure about that?

>>>Brian


>From: John Neiberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: John Neiberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Jason Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Hybrid Routing Protocol
>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 10:20:42 -0800 (PST)
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>Well, it certainly is called a hybrid, but that's marketing hype; it's
>operation is completely DV in nature.  It's "hybrid" characteristic is that
>it only sends incremental updates and it establishes neighbor 
>relationships,
>which other DV protocols do not do.
>
>That does not, however, change its basic nature, which is distance vector.
>
> >  Actually EIGRP is a hybrid protocol. I believe it is the ONLY example 
>of
>one, in fact.
> >
> >  JW
> >
> >  ------------
> >  A DV protocol, like RIP or EIGRP, send their entire routing table to
>their
> >  directly attached neighbors and then receive their neighbors routing
>tables
> >  in return.  That's an important point: they send the *entire* routing
>table,
> >  not just the routes they know about first hand.
> >
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