Russ White Hour: IS-IS vs OSPF and a Deep Dive into Ethernet Adapters

We turn the nerd meter up to eleven on today’s episode with longtime friend of the show, Russ White. First we dive into how an Ethernet adapter knows when a link is lost, where Russ teaches us all about loss of carrier and OAM. He also gives us a tutorial on how the rest of the router is then made aware of the situation through a process including the PHY chip, forwarding engine, RIB, and FIB. Then in the second half of the episode we cover why Russ prefers IS-IS to OSPF, and get his opinions on BGP, Open/R, RIFT, and Babel. If this isn’t enough hardcore network engineering for you, don’t worry there is going to be a Part 2 episode.
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