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ip routing protocol table comparison

proto		static RIP-1   RIP-2   OSPF  EIGRP    BGP-4
type		both   igp     igp     igp   igp      egp
         	       DV      DV      LS    DV/dual  DV (vector is path-list)
dynamic         hardly yes     yes     yes   yes      yes
netmask         yes    no      yes     yes   yes      yes
bandwidth       none   higher  higher  lower lower    lower(we hope)
cpu		none   lower   lower   higher lower   yes! and probably memory
  (used by routing protocol/daemon)
load-share      nope*  nope*   nope    yes   yes      yes
convergence     human  slow    slow    fast  fast     fast (no loops)
transport       X      udp     udp     ip    ip       tcp
scalability     small  small   small   large large    large (by definition)
simplicity      YES    YES     YES     maybe YES*     NOWAY
IETF-standard	NA     yes     yes     yes   cisco    yes
hierarchical	NA     no      no      yes   yes      well ... 
multi-protocol  of course not ....           yes      sorta**


notes:
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BGP4 is now multiprotocol ... can carry multicast groups IPv6
	routes as well as IPv4 routes.  Not known to do Novell IPX
	however.

Cisco wants you to know that EIGRP can do IPX too ...  We don't care.

static isn't a protocol obviousally ... but worth contrasting
	even if the contrast is rough.

OSPF may not be that hard to get going BUT it isn't deemed
	to be "simple" either.  You can shoot yourself
	in the foot with the feature set.  You can shoot
	yourself in the foot with RIP for that matter though.
	If you have a itchy trigger finger and a large foot -
	can't help that much :->

OSPF and EIGRP have notions of routing hierarchies built into
	them

Novell routing protocols: RIP is pretty close to IP RIP, although
	there are differences (still cousins)  and NLSP
	(Novell Link State Protocol) is 1. based on ISO IS-IS and 2.
	roughly close to OSPF as a consequence.  As far as I know, they don't
	have a BGP, but a Novell/IPX Internet is not likely anyway.