[AusNOG] OSPF vs ISIS - Which do you prefer & why?

[Paul Wilkins]

All I can say is that redistribution between IGPs is never the right
answer. OSPF works and is generally well understood.

Kind regards

Paul Wilkins

On 1 September 2016 at 22:25, Michael Bullut <main at kipsang.com> wrote:

> Greetings Team,
>
> ​While I haven't worked with IS-IS before but the only disadvantage I've
> encountered with OSPF is that it is resource intensive on the router it is
> running on which is why only one instance runs on any PE & P device on an
> ISP network. OSPF is pretty good in handling the core network routing while
> BGP & EGP handle the last-mile routing between PE & CE devices. BGP & EGP
> can run on top of OSPF. I came across this *article*
> <https://routingfreak.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/why-providers-still-prefer-is-is-over-ospf-when-designing-large-flat-topologies/>
> when scrolling the web a while back and I still want to find out if am the
> only one who thinks its a matter of choice between the two. Although there
> isn't distinct 1:1 argument, it's good we discuss it here and figure out
> why one prefer one over the other *(consider a huge flat network)**.* What
> say you ladies and gentlemen?
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Michael Bullut.
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