Ascend Archive
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

RE: (ASCEND) Ascend Max 4004 & Series56 Digital Modem Remote Gateway Probs (fwd)


 Rip/Static/OSPF, it's almost like Boxers or Briefs, It all depends on
what you prefer and what works best for you in your environment it's
pretty safe to say no two networks are the same, 

 Here we use RIP-V2, but it's getting real ugly as we grow, I'm awaiting
some issues to get address and then we will look at going to OSPF here.

Jason Nealis
Director Internet Operations / Network Access
Erols Internet (An RCN Company)


On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Robert G.  wrote:

> I have to agree with Devin on this one too. We recently subcontracted our
> dialins out to another company.  This allowed me to get rid of our static
> routes, however because of time and some concerns I have about our other
> equipment (a few Cisco routers) I have not switches to OSPF.  It's not
> that I don't like Portmasters or Ascend, but for practical reasons RIP
> does what I want it to do and it does it fairly well, so I see no
> immediate reason to upgrade.
> 
> -R
> 
> On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Devin Ganger wrote:
> 
> > I have to agree with Jason, here, since I'm in that very situation.
> > 
> > I'd love to migrate our network over to OSPF and be able to clean up our
> > routing situation, but the one major problem spot (we are a pretty small
> > ISP, after all) we have is a POP with multiple Maxen that we lease from
> > GTE.  Due to GTE's mis-engineering, they're not stacked (each box has a
> > frame connection back into our NOC -- in one extreme case, two Maxes are
> > connected via Ethernet and share a frame T-1 between one of them and the
> > NOC), and though the routing gets messy there because of the bad
> > engineering, I have to use RIPv2 because OSPF isn't solid.
> > 
> > Given that we're currently badgering GTE to Do The Right Thing at that
> > POP, and stack them all on an Ethernet switch with a router and a
> > fractional DS-3 back to our NOC, I don't really have any plans to
> > migrate to OSPF any time soon.  I'm already wincing in advance about
> > stacking.
> > 
> > Don't get me wrong -- this isn't mindless Ascend bashing.  I like Ascend
> > products a lot, and I'm glad that my ISP is well on its way to being an
> > all-Ascend shop.  However, these are the realities of my situation, and
> > I've made sure that our account rep knows it.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Devin L. Ganger <devin@premier1.net>
> > Chief Systems Administrator, Premier1 Internet Services, Sultan, WA, USA
> >      "Give me five Novaks, and _they_ could rule the world."
> >      -- Alistair J. R. Young
> > 
> > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++
> > To unsubscribe:	send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com
> > To get FAQ'd:	<http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>
> > 
> 

++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++
To unsubscribe:	send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com
To get FAQ'd:	<http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>
References: