From: Scott Meeuwsen (scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Nov 29 2001 - 01:34:19 GMT-3
www.zebra.org. It is open source (GNU GPL license).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chua, Parry" <Parry.Chua@compaq.com>
To: "W. Alan Robertson" <warobertson@earthlink.net>;
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:07 PM
Subject: RE: Where Can I download GATED 9.0 for testing BGP
> Hi,
>
> Could you tell us it Zebra available in which OS ? it this a shareware
> or freeware and the web location.
>
> Parry Chua
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: W. Alan Robertson [mailto:warobertson@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:31 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Where Can I download GATED 9.0 for testing BGP
>
>
> In addition to the traditional GATED, there is a wonderful routing
> daemon called Zebra that you should be made aware of. The nice thing
> about Zebra is that it's configuration is nearly identical to IOS from
> a syntax perspecitve. When the daemon(s) (Each routing protocol runs
> as a seperate process) initially load, they read their configurations
> from a text file that looks remarkably like a saved configuration.
> Once up, you can telnet into each individual process, and configure
> them interactively just as though they were Cisco routers.
>
> These are the RFCs that it supports:
>
> 2453 RIP and RIPv2; 2080 RIPng; 2328 OSPF; 2460, 2373, 2463, 2464
> IPv6; 2236 IGMP and IGMPv2; 1812 Router Requirements; 1771 BGP4
>
> I have used some low-cost, or old PCs to dramatically increase the
> number of devices to experiment with in my lab. I use my genuine
> routers to complete the task I am working on, or work on the
> particular problem, but I use the Zebra routers to add complexity to
> the enviroment, such as injecting additional foreign routes, and
> simulating additional Autonomous Systems.
>
> Phil makes a good point though... If you are not already Unix/Linux
> saavy, this can be a distracting means to achieving an end. I would
> only recommend going this route if you can get it all running in a
> fairly reasonable amount of time. The people on this list have enough
> on their plates without having to embark on the *nix path (Though I
> highly recommend that you take that path at some point; then you too
> can laugh at the Microsofties in our midst!).
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > From: "Phil" <ciscostudent1@yahoo.com.br>
> > Gated is embedded in all Unix platforms. If you're trying to make it
> > work in Linux I'd suggest a book called LINUX TCP/IP Network
> > Administration by Scott Mann, Mitchell Krell. It's a very good
> > book but I put it aside as I was spending to much time with Linux
> > instead of studying for the CCIE.
> > Regards,
> > Phil.
>
> >> Frog <frog.leu@msa.hinet.net> escreveu:
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >> Could someone tell me where I can find gated 9.0 for testing BGP
> >> and OSPF routing in UNIX!???
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