At 02:44 PM 5/13/02, Mike Mandulak wrote: >Lamme's CCNA study guide states that the courde and exam only covers >distance-vector routing protocols (RIP and IGRP).
If it only covers distance-vector, then it could cover EIGRP also. EIGRP is also distance-vector. I don't think the test does cover it, but it's not because the test only covers distance-vector. It's probably because of all the extra features in EIGRP, such as the diffusing update algorithm (DUAL), with the feasible successors and all that other BS. Come to think of it, maybe I'm glad I don't have to cover it! ;-) >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" >To: >Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 1:27 PM >Subject: Re: Is IGRP actually supported by other vendors? [7:43994] > > > > Well, it occurs to me that IGRP would be easy to implement even without > > Cisco's permission. ;-) It's a simple protocol, for one thing. Also, the > > Rutgers paper that describes IGRP has been out for years. Cisco never > > objected to it. > > > > EIGRP would not be easy to implement without Cisco's blessings, developer > > support, licensed code, etc. We have probably all tried to figure out some > > detail of EIGRP or other and run into a brick wall. (For example, what >does > > an router EIGRP really do with the MTU that is passed around in Updates? >;-) > > > > On a related tangent, will they remove IGRP from CCNA? I'm teaching a > > custom CCNA class next month, using my own materials. I find it annoying > > that I have to sort of downgrade my materials to teach IGRP theory and > > hands-on instead of the EIGRP I would prefer to teach and is already in my > > materials. But I think I'm right that CCNA expects IGRP and not EIGRP? > > > > Thx > > > > Priscilla > > > > At 04:02 AM 5/13/02, nrf wrote: > > >In-line > > > wrote in message > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > Nokia might support it, but I have been (fairly reliably) told that >Cisco > > > > will *not* be supporting IGRP as of one of the newest IOS releases. I > > > > can't find the announcement on CCO (if there is one), so take with a > > grain > > > > of salt, but a Cisco instructor was quite adamant about this last >week. > > > > > >That makes sense, considering it's literally been years since I've >actually > > >seen a bonafide production network running IGRP. So it makes sense that > > >Cisco is finally ditching this dead wood. > > > > > >But I'm not asking this question because I'm champing at the bit to >install > > >a mixed Cisco/Nokia IGRP network. No, I'm asking because if it's true >that > > >Nokia really does support IGRP, then that begs the question - what other > > >supposedly Cisco-proprietary technologies are like this too? I'm not > > >talking about situations like what Howard stated where Cisco actually has >an > > >agreement to provide its technology to other vendors (somehow I doubt >that > > >Cisco and Nokia have such an agreement), but I'm talking about >full-blown > > >vendor compatibility between some other vendor and Cisco. For example, >does > > >anybody know of another vendor that supports, say, EIGRP? Or CDP? Now >you > > >might say that it would be impossible for another vendor to support these > > >technologies, but, hey, Nokia apparently somehow managed to support IGRP, >so > > >why exactly couldn't somebody else support, say, EIGRP? > > > > > > > > > > > JMcL > > > > ----- Forwarded by Jenny Mcleod/NSO/CSDA on 13/05/2002 04:44 pm ----- > > > > > > > > > > > > "nrf" > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 13/05/2002 01:42 pm > > > > Please respond to "nrf" > > > > > > > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > cc: > > > > Subject: Is IGRP actually supported by other vendors? > > > > [7:43994] > > > > Is this part of a business decision process?: > > > > > > > > > > > > Just found this while surfing around. > > > > > > > > "As a network device, the Nokia IP330 supports a comprehensive suite >of > > > > IP-routing functions and protocols, including RIPv1/RIPv2, IGRP, OSPF >and > > > > BGP4 for unicast traffic..." > > > > http://www.nokia.com/securitysolutions/platforms/330.html > > > > > > > > Every piece of literature I've ever read has stated without fail that > > IGRP > > > > is proprietary to Cisco. Yet here's Nokia brazenly claiming that they >in > > > > fact support IGRP. What's up with that? Unfortunately I don't have >an > > > > Ipso > > > > box lying around that I can actually experiment with. Can anyone >confirm > > > > whether this is true and whether it provides complete interoperability > > > > with > > > > Cisco? > > ________________________ > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > http://www.priscilla.com ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44086&t=43994 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
