Best Protocol to use

If you are doing web hosting them you will have to use TCP/IP. There is no other choice.

Ok, RIP is kinda insecure, and flawed.

One option would be OSPF... it is much more secure *if my memory serves me correctly*

But if there is no need to worry about intrusion; just use RIP...

Ok, RIP is kinda insecure, and flawed.

One option would be OSPF... it is much more secure *if my memory serves me correctly*

But if there is no need to worry about intrusion; just use RIP...

Well, it depends.
Don't you hate it when that is the answer???

Ok, seriously. "small web hosting business/corp network?" How small? 15 segments or less, all in the same class (Class C, Class B, Class A)? If so, then you could use RIP. Remember, RIP is classless, meaning it does NOT use the subnet mask to differenciate between 10.0.0.0/8 and 10.0.0.0/24. You cannot use RIP if you have one network with a 24-bit subnet mask and another network with a 16-bit subnet mask. Also remember that RIP routes based off hop count only, and only up to 15 hops. IF you had a IP segment that was 16 hops from another segment, then the two would not route to one another.

So, if that is the case, then go with IGRP. It is classfull, meaning you can routebetween /24 and /16. It also is simpler then OSPF or BGP or any of the others. IGRP uses hop count AND bandwidth to determine the routing distance. It also has a limit of 256 hops, so that should be more than sufficient.

So in conclusion, it depends, really.

Hope this helps

Definitely use TCP/IP as your routed protocol. If you are using a firewall inside of your border router, you may consider using two different routing protocols, OSPF or EIGRP (if you are using Cisco) on the outside and DMZ segments, and RIPv2 or OSPF on the inside segments. Using multiple routing protocols, when implemented correctly, can provide an additional level of security.

Sorry, what was a question again... :-)

Why do you worry about Routing protocols? You have static default route to your ISP (unless you have 2 connections to different ISPs and you need load balancing, policy routing, high availability, etc.) Andall your router should know, is that your Inside LAN is connected to Ethernet interface (for example), and everything else should go to ISP's T1. And how to route packets from Outside World to your WEB servers - it's your ISP's nightmare. Don't worry about that.

Good luck.

hi
never mind, u didn't mention how small is web hosting bussiness/corp.

Choosing a routing protocol is a complex task. however, if it is very small business, i recon good to use RIP.it's simple and easy to cofigure.

on the other hand, if u concern about stability and if your router is CISCO router.better use IGRP
routing protocol.IGRP is a distance-vector interior gateway protocol. It uses a combination of user-configurable metrics including network delay, bandwidth, reliability, and load. so, think about it carefuly. i hope it will help you.
take care.

sohel

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