[MLB-WIRELESS] Routing within Melbwireless

Simon Butcher pickle at alien.net.au
Wed Jan 29 12:08:10 EST 2003


> 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.

Well, actually it would :) Zebra, IIRC from way back, follows cisco
commands almost entirely. If Zebra and its 'cisco-isms' are too much,
then there are other OSPF daemons out there for a variety of operating
systems.. Then again, I think most of them out there have a cisco
compatible interface..



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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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