building a better route reflector

Mon Sep 2 17:43:41 UTC 2002

> Running two routing protocols is too much of a hassle.  I think I would
> rather use static routes, and synchronize routers using rsync, diff, and
> patch.  Our NOC has several 286s running Xenix that could act as servers
> for this.
> 
> This would eliminate the hassle of running OSPF, ISIS, or RIP.  Does
> anyone know of a Tier-1 for under $30/Mbps that would run something like
> this instead of BGP?  I'd love it if we didn't need any routing protocols.
> 
> -Dalph

*twitch* having seen one of these in the wild (igp=static routes)
I will have to say "Abandon all Faith, Ye who enter Here"