Chuck wrote: > > BTW, it occurs to me that we have had this discussion before. > There being > nothing in the routing table indicating IGRP or EIGRP hop > counts, how does > (E)IGRP "know" the diameter of the network of which it is a > member? And why > would it "care"? ;-) > > Maybe one of these days I'll daisy chain the routers in my lab, > and set the > max hops to 4 and see what happens ;-> > > Chuck
If you look at my earlier post you will see that I have already done this. Hop count is carried in the payload I believe - not the header. Exceeding the hop cound causes routes to disappear. It is used and enforced apparently. Regards Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=36239&t=36082 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
