Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 09:31:29 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no>, net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Cisco Message-ID: <19980810093129.A10340@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3Cxzpogu1atwe=2Efsf=40hrotti=2Eifi=2Euio=2Eno=3E=3B_from?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav__on_Tue=2C_Aug_04=2C_1998_a?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?t_01:06:09PM_%2B0200?= References: <xzpogu1atwe.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
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On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 01:06:09PM +0200, Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > ISTR several reports of FreeBSD machines having seemingly > unexplainable trouble talking to the outside world through a Cisco > router, but can't seem to find anything of relevance in the list > archives. Am I remembering correctly? The background for this question > is that I have a FreeBSD box which seems to never respond to IGMP. IGMP is a Cisco propriarity protocol and used for dynamic routing between Cisco Routers. The advantage of using IGMP or EIGMP is, that you can route IP, IPX and appletalk using this routing protocol. I think you only have to set a static route on the FreeBSD client to the next hop router or you would need to run RIPv2 (which FreeBSD and Cisco can speak) or OSPF¸ then you would need gated on your FreeBSD machine as routing daemon. Avoid RIPv1, it can't handle things like variable length subnet masks ... You should make sure running RIP V2. OSPF is probably best as interior routing protocol, but is a bit trickier to setup. BTW, you could use IGRP or EIGRP (which is better as IGRP) in the Cisco backbone and redistribute RIPv2 routing information. Cisco is able to handle multiple routing protocols, so you should be able to get FreeBSD boxes running without static routes and such. But you then have a little overhead by running 2 routing protocols. -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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