Mikrotik ethernet routers for larger sites. On smaller sites, we have some StarOS access points (such as 4-port METRO) running RIP.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Evans" <but...@butchevans.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] RIP vs other routing protocols > On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 13:16 -0700, Mark Nash - Lists wrote: >> I appreciate advice in many cases, but for this one, I have only heard >> one answer to the question... That is: Is RIP stable? That person >> that answered said "Yes". > > If the question is "Is RIP stable?", then the answer is yes. What > platform are you running? If you already said this, I missed it, as I > unintentionally deleted about 1/2 of the posts in this thread this > morning. > >> There was a comment to the limitation of the depth of routers, which >> is not an issue for us. We do not *intentionally* have routing loops. > > If you have under 15 hops to your deepest "leg", then RIP should work > well for you. I agree with your assessment that there is no real > compelling reason to change. If you are moving away from the network, > then it may be worth investigating suggestions to move from your "new" > admins, however. Beyond that, RIP makes a "good enough" solution. > >> > -- > ******************************************************************** > * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* > * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * > * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * > * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * > ******************************************************************** > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
