>The only DV protocol that sends incremental updates? You sure about that?
For IP interior routing on Cisco, yes. If one wants to argue BGP is a
DV derivative, it sends incremental updates.
Other DV incremental update protocols are described in routing
research literature, but they are not widely deployed.
>
>>>>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)
>>
>>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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