Its just that for each of the noncentral nodes, with only 1 way back to the middle, a routing protocol seems like overkill.
Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success = Preparation + Opportunity On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Bullock, Jason wrote: > thanks for the good feedback from the list and madman, chuck, howard, and > steve. I admit the static routes work efficiently, and they do the load > balancing as required. It just seems a bit uncool to be all static , that's > all. If we go any direction it will probably be with eigrp, I like the idea > of the WAN update controls inherent when forced to carrying IPX/SPX to some > sites from the core. i could have done without the archive crack from > patrick. ;-) > > > > jason > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 05:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How would you design a Network ? [7:32067] > > > > > > > why do you think you need to change? seriously? what would dynamic routing > > give you that you don't have now - in terms of stability and the like? > > > > it might seem an odd thing to say, but I believe that dynamic routing in > > small environments, and maybe even in some larger environments, is over > > rated, no matter whose routers or what routing protocols you use. > > > > BTW, I am personally acquainted with a portion of the network of a very > > large technology company that consists entirely of static routes. Over 3000 > > of them. They had a particular good reason for doing it this way. But my > > point is that there are considerations other than "because you can" or > > "because you want to" > > > > Chuck > > > > > > ""Bullock, Jason"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Listers. > > > > > > I would like to make some routing changes to a mostly static routing > > > environment. Currently everything is either routed via default gateway, > > or > > > static route statements. > > > > > > the environment consists of about 30 remote point to point WAN sites, with > > > most data traffic consisting of IP. We have several sites on dual T1's, > > and > > > all sites are terminating at a central corporate location. So a big star > > > network. The vendor of choice is cisco for routing and switching. > > > > > > Anyone see OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, IGRP, ISIS as the way to go? I would like > > to > > > make this network more dynamic, just having a hard time justifying the > > move. > > > > > > All thoughts appreciated! > > > > > > thanks, > > > Jason Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=32187&t=32187 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
