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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 2002 13:45:35 -0400
From:      Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net>
To:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Solaris and Dynamic Routing
Message-ID:  <711C773E-C677-11D6-A85D-000393A335A2@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020912172758.GB91965@blossom.cjclark.org>

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On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 01:27  PM, Crist J. Clark wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 01:16:32PM -0400, Lawrence Sica wrote:
>>
>> On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 12:53  PM, Crist J. Clark wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone out there know of some good software for doing dynamic routing
>>> on Solaris (2.6 to be exact)? It doesn't need to be terribly
>>> complicated software, I just need to get some routes off of a
>>> neighboring router and onto the Solaris system.
>>>
>>> I know about gated, but the open source version looks like it hasn't
>>> been maintained for a long time now. I'm trying Zebra, but it is
>>> technically a "beta" which makes me a little nervous about deploying
>>> on an operational network. Both have more up-to-date commercial
>>> versions, but we need this yesterday (of course) and I don't want to
>>> get tied with a vendor and a bummer product because we grabbed the
>>> first thing.
>>>
>>> Anyone have recommendations?
>>
>> Solaris does dynamic routing...there is an ndd switch that turns it on
>> and off.  I normally turn it off heh.   Look for /etc/norouter.  If
>> that is there then dynamic routing is turned off.   man in.routed or
>> in.rdisc.  That works for 7, dont know about 2.6 (it has been ages
>> since I have dealt with 2.6)
>
> Oops, looks like I forgot to mention this. in.routed and in.rdisc are
> totally insufficient for our needs. in.routed only talks RIPv1, and we
> need at least RIPv2 since we aren't living in the 80's and have VLSM.
> in.rdisc is just router discovery.

Hey I liked the 80's....I've heard good things about Zebra though.    
Never used it though.  I'll check with my local sun guru see if she has 
any ideas...


--Larry


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