[Olsr-users] EIGRP...

[John Clark]

Aaron Kaplan schrieb:
>
> On Mar 13, 2008, at 11:44 PM, John Clark wrote:
>
>> Florian RODARY schrieb:
>>> Actually I think you're underestimating firms like Cisco ;)
>>> They often develop their own protocols, sometimes eventually leading
>>> to a normalization.
>>> If they think OLSR protocol can serve their business plan, they will
>>> not hesitate to implement it.
>>
>> I've run across this a couple of times in other areas, but in this 
>> case, I think, and at the moment
>> this is just a guess, that CISCO has no intentions of integrating 
>> OLSR in to their suite of
>> supported protocols. They seem to be on the path which is support 
>> what is absolutely required
>> for interoperability, and even then do it half-assed, especially if 
>> they have a proprietary protocol
>> that they would rather get contract 'lock in' capability... so, when 
>> a customer puts out an request
>> for quote, and says, 'must support EIGRP', that really means CISCO is 
>> going to get the business
>> for the routing equipment, no matter who gets the contract for 
>> installation or integration. Of course
>> EIGRP is 'superior' to OSPF... and especially CISCO's version... for 
>> example...
>>
> hmmm..
>
> So, that being clarified - now the the really important question !
>
> John, did your meshing XOs arrive already? ;-)

Yes... and of course I haven't had any time to experiement with them... 
damn these paying customers...
why don't they pay me for easy solutions, so I have time for fun 
things... they even prevented me from
going to Germany this month... double damn...


John Clark.