-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-04-22 17:55, James Knott wrote:
On 04/22/2015 11:36 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
RIP is obsolete. These days, you're more likely to see OSPF or
EIGRP on networks. Dunno about that. My new router, provided by my ISP, has RIP. A cursory look does not find the other two.
RIP may be suitable for small networks, but has real problems with large ones. A big issue is convergence time. It's really slow, compared to OSPF or EIGRP. It also has only 16 hops to infinity, which means that the furthest network can be no more that 15 hops away. I have no idea why your router uses only RIP, as these days you normally wouldn't use it, unless there was something that didn't support better routing protocols. openSUSE supports OSPF, as well as RIP.
Well, either my ISP or the router manufacturer (Broadband?) thinks that it is good enough or appropriate, for homes. As I said, I don't like the unit, but I have no choice. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlU3yN8ACgkQja8UbcUWM1wRMQD/awbN17HP3LsflRrs1XsbjYWW UgCpXAKZpzbb44/AcWEA/38r3VO6DHM5PTdFbjv2wMr8/KWAOQnNEfa0dW8M12Pm =xJFx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org