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- From: scoggin@opus.ee.udel.edu (John K Scoggin)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Subject: Re: Multicast Routers (was Re: NIS broadcasts over IP subnets)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.161608.1235@udel.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 16:16:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.151355.20000@netcom.com> tbooth@netcom.com (Todd Booth) writes:
- >>...
- >>In the sense you probably meant the question, I don't know. For years
- >>I hounded router vendors at Interop, and was always told "wait for
- >>OSPF."
- >
- >Why have you been waiting?
- >
- >OSPF is a draft internet standard and has been available for over
- >a year and a half from Wellfleet Communicaitons (and other vendors).
- >Cisco has been shipping OSPF since April?
- >
- >--todd
-
- Because having OSPF is one thing, and having OSPF MULTI-CAST is quite another
- issue. Last I remember, OSPF Multicast is still in Draft state, as is the
- MIB. BTW, on the subject of Wellfleet - implementation of OSPF MIB has lagged
- FAR behind that of OSPF itself. Then the issue becomes - you can pass
- packets OK, but you want to MANAGE it too?? :-)
-
- - John
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