[olug] dynamic routing for small business

[Eric Penne]

If it is so arcane then what is it's replacement?

> A small business with only one link to the internet does not need to
> muck around with dynamic routing.  This is a good thing, because dynamic
> routing is arcane, requires spendy hardware, and is easy to screw up.
>
> The only time a business needs to start worrying about dynamic routing
> is when they have multiple links to the internet.  In that case, dynamic
> routing becomes a necessity to have traffic re-routed around if one link
> fails.
>
> Nick Walter
>
> On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 11:33, Eric Penne wrote:
>> I was curious about what dynamic routing was.  I did a little googling
>> and found out what some of the acronyms I had seen in the past couple
>> of years meant.
>>
>> What I never did find is when is it useful.  I know it is useful for
>> large companies with lots of sites and network connections and stuff
>> but what about small single connection places?  Is it useful to build
>> a router with dynamic routing if you just have a single t1?  Does
>> dynamic routing help you and others to determine the best path for
>> packets?  Will running a router with dynamic routing help anybody else
>> if you don't actively participate?  These are quite being worded the
>> way I want them to.
>>
>> Ok here it goes again.  I assume to use dynamic routing effectively
>> you have to collaborate with other routers to find the best path.  If
>> I were to just set up a router on my t1 without actively collaborating
>> with my isp or next step up the chain, would it help anything?
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
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