RE: Backbones of backbones (was Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? [7:6274]

2001-05-29 Thread Irwin Lazar
same? Fascinating discussion, this alone is worth the price of admission. Irwin -Original Message- From: Howard C. Berkowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 2:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Backbones of backbones (was Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? [7:6274] I am a

Backbones of backbones (was Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? [7:6274]

2001-05-29 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
I am a great fan of using separate OSPF domains, with the area 0.0.0.0's linked by a backbone of backbones. Most commonly, that backbone will use BGP, for exactly the reasons of control that Alan Robertson points out. I have had success, in specific networks, of building that backbone with s