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From: "Jack Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: EIGRP clarification
> It reminds me more of "Life of Brian", where Brian tells the multitude
"You're all individuals! You're all different!"
>
> A single voice in the crowd replies "I'm not".
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: March 29, 2001 6:30:18 PM GMT
> Subject: Re: EIGRP clarification
>
>
> >Look at all those routing technologies - they are all different;
> >except *that* one, it's the same...
> >
> >Z
>
>
> Are you quoting Yakov Rekhter: "at a sufficiently high level,
> everything is the same?" Not sure I follow your point.
>
> >
> >>From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Reply-To: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Subject: Re: EIGRP clarification
> >>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:19:21 -0500
> >>
> >>> Preparing for my BSCN exam, I have found myself unclear as to
whether or
> >>>not EIGRP is in fact a Hybrid or Distance-Vector protocol. All the
Cisco
> >>>classes I've been too have always referred to EIGRP as a Balanced
Hybrid
> >>>protocol, now studying for my CCNP, I am finding EIGRP referred to as a
> >>>Distance-vector protocol???...How is this possible? Thanks...
> >>
> >>
> >> From a technical standpoint, EIGRP is emphatically distance vector.
> >> From a marketing standpoint, Cisco has called it "hybrid," which has
> >>no accepted technical meaning. Training and certification have picked
> >>up that terminology.
> >>
> >>"Hybrid" is an attempt to differentiate EIGRP, and its DUAL
> >>algorithm, from the problems of first and second generation DV
> >>protocols. JJ Garcia-Luna-Aceves, the inventor of DUAL, always has
> >>called it an advanced DV protocol, and he continues to work on even
> >>more advanced DV.
> >>
> >>There's nothing inherently wrong with DV. EIGRP legitimately has
> >>fixed some of the problems of earlier DV protocols, such as the lack
> >>of a hello subprotocol and reliable update mechanism. Without these
> >>mechanisms, periodic update becomes necessary, and the protocol can't
> >>be loop-free.
> >>
> >>Calling something "hybrid" is about as sensible as saying "route bad,
> >>switch good," or "all animals are equal, but some are more equal than
> >>others."
>
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