Like DLSw, token ring RIF calculation, NLSP, and a few other obscure an obsolete technologies, IGRP will no doubt continue to have a place in Cisco examinations just because it provides one heck of a way to screw you, the test taker.
Chuck ( been there, done in by that ) ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > 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 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44118&t=43994 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
