Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 02:21:28 +0300 From: Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@cs.hut.fi> To: swhite@gov.za Cc: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Subject: fwd without comment Message-ID: <199503262321.CAA05179@shadows.cs.hut.fi> Resent-Message-ID: <17302.796261071@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu's message of 21 Mar 1995 19:01:03 %2B0200
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(4) We have taken a decision to only use OSPF as routing
protocol on the network. Would a FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux
system used as a router be able to run OSPF? Would
it be able to exchange routing information with our
cisco routers?
FreeBSD runs gated which implements OSPF. It seems to work. We do have
some problems but they seem to be related to our older Sun hardware.
Routing probably is easy to make work, SNMP and such things are more
difficult (metoo).
(5) Can such a router handle IP, IPX, DEC LAT, OSI, Appletalk
protocols? Would SDLC tunneling be supported?
OSI (X.25 and such) protocols don't seem to be too much tested, as
compiling them into kernel produces a huge amount of warnings. We haven't
really tried them out.
(7) Would reconfiguration require rebooting or otherwise
interrupting the flow of traffic on such a router?
No. Occasional panics do happen, though. We use 1.1.5.1 on all routers
except one which we are trying out with current. 1.1.5.1 doesn't do
firewalling which seems to be a must these days, but it is reasonably
reliable (needs a kick once a month or so, looses one of the interfaces or
doesn't find serial ports after a panic). 2.current isn't too stable yet,
panics or hangs up 2-3 times a week in router use.
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