tom@rsp.UUCP (Thomas Ruf) (01/10/91)
com217v@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes: >1. Apparently the cisco routing algorthmn is unable to detect that the > traffic will travel in and out the same port. But lets be fair, all > it did was offer it services and exhibit a knowledge of the net. The routers behaviour doesn't comply with Novells router spec. The cisco box SHOULD detect that traffic wil travel in and out the same port, and therefore should not reply. ( In Novell speak, this part of the routing strategy is called "Best Information Algorithm", otherwise known as split horizon). >2. The NET3 shell seems to think the first/fastest route will be the > "best" choice anyway and ignores any later answers. This is not always > the "best" choice. Not only NET3, ALL IPX applications assume that *only* the "best" router(s) will answer a "Get Route request". Thomas -- Thomas Ruf tom@rsp.de Schneider & Koch GmbH Schneider & Koch, Inc {uunet,mcvax}!unido!rsp!tom Germany Palo Alto