I dont think the original question made any sense.
Duck
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From: Priscilla Oppenheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: lawrence sculark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: Routing protocol
> A bunch of different concepts are getting mixed up in this discussion.
> Here's a quick note to clear the air.
>
> A routing protocol learns the path(s) to remote networks. Examples are
> OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, BGP, RTMP, AURP, Novell RIP and NLSP, etc.
>
> EIGRP is a routing protocol that can handle routing for IP, AppleTalk, and
> IPX. That makes it unique. It has a routing engine that can be used by
each
> of these protocol suites, as well as separate mechanisms to deal with
> unique issues for each suite.
>
> This multiprotocol feature of EIGRP has nothing to do with redistribution.
> Redistribution is the process whereby a routing protocol can learn routes
> from some other routing protocol. For example, you can redistribute RIP
> routes into OSPF.
>
> I don't know if this is what the responder had in mind, but by default,
the
> Cisco IOS software redistributes AppleTalk RTMP routes into AppleTalk
> EIGRP, and vice versa. By default, the Cisco IOS software redistributes
IPX
> RIP routes into EIGRP, and vice versa. These are nice features for
> companies that still run RTMP and IPX RIP on their LANs but have migrated
> to the more efficient EIGRP on WANs.
>
> Cisco made up the silly term "routed protocol," and they use it somewhat
> inconsistently. But in general, it means the network-layer protocol that
> carries the payload that gets routed through the network. Examples include
> IP, DDP, IPX, etc.
>
> A router has two jobs:
>
> 1) Participating in a routing protocol to learn paths
> 2) Forwarding routed traffic (This is sometimes called switching, just to
> confuse matters)
>
> OK, that's enough for now.
>
> Priscilla
>
>
> At 03:08 PM 11/8/00, lawrence sculark wrote:
> >look up "redistribution"..it will set you on the right path...lawrence
> >
> >
> >>From: "Donald B Johnson Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Reply-To: "Donald B Johnson Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Subject: Routing protocol
> >>
> >>I don't think this make sense.
> >>Routing protocols are used to maintain routing tables.
> >>Routed protocols are used for addressing and accessing stations on a
network.
> >>The process of routing is the ability of a router being able to receive
a
> >>packet, check the destination in the packet, look for a destination
> >>network in the route table and switch the packet to the appropriate
> >>interface that can reach the destination network.
> >>So routing is the process of:
> >>1. declaring a destination
> >>2. finding the destinaton
> >>3. switching the packet to an interface on the path to the destination.
> >>Many protocols are involved in this process from ARP to BGP or anything
> >>in between.
> >>Duck
> >> AVI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Can anyone tell me, Which is the only routing protocol to route other
> >> protocols
> >> Is it EIGRP or BGP
> >> Thanks
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