[MLB-WIRELESS] Routing within Melbwireless

[Jason Brice]

I can tell you all about OSPF and how to run it on Cisco equipment. Im not going to be any help if youre using linux/bsd etc. sorry.



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kiandra system solutions
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Abbenhuys [mailto:sneeze at alphalink.com.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, 29 January 2003 9:13 AM
To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Routing within Melbwireless



.....I'm waiting....*taps foot*
...hello.....only thing holding up some big progress....anyone.....*taps foot*



>No replies to this? Bit depressing...
>
>Drew
>
>>Could I suggest a task for the Routing Working Group......no? well too 
>>bad
I
>>am anyway.
>>
>>The task is to come up with some *simple* example network diagrams 
>>showing

>>example nodes, their interfaces, IP's, and then to show some sample 
>>zebra.conf and ospfd.conf files that match each scenario.  Example's 
>>could

>>be a daisy chain setup of links, a spanning tree of links, and a 
>>combination

>>of both.  Each example need only consist of 4 or 5 nodes at the most 
>>to give

>>people a starting point to work from.
>>
>>If Zebra and Ospf have been selected as the preferred setup method for 
>>backbone links then some assisstance would be good for those of us 
>>wanting

>>to follow this but are having difficulty.  I'm sure you are all well 
>>aware

>>that Zebra and Ospf have a severe lack of good easy to read 
>>documentation.

>>I know because I've been searching for the past 6 months or more.
>>
>>At the moment I have a cluster of 7 nodes to permenantly connect and 
>>potentially 4 more just waiting for me to "be ready". The only thing 
>>stopping this cluster from going to a fully live and functioning WAN 
>>is my lack of understanding of Zebra and Ospf.....mainly.

>>Several of these links will form part of the major backbone for Region 
>>9 (Dandenong Foothills) and will potentially host some of the main 
>>content/servers.
>>
>>Any assistance from the RoutingWG could increase our setup pace 
>>considerably

>>and give Melbwireless something to show for all it's talk and 
>>organisation

>>in the form of a decent size cluster consisting of backbone links, 
>>routing

>>nodes, AP's, and client/leaf nodes.  This cluster can go on to be a 
>>testing

>>ground and an example to other regions.
>>
>>There is huge potential for growth in several geographical areas and 
>>all it

>>will take is some backbone infrastructure to be put in place for this 
>>to expand at a rapid rate.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>  Ryan Abbenhuys
>>
>>sneeze (at) alphalink.com.au
>>rabbenhuys (at) mfbb.vic.gov.au
>>ryana (at) igreen.net
>>sneeze (at) igreen.net
>>
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