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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:14:43 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: dingo@dingo.com.au
Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: OSPF
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In-Reply-To: <341F38CB.90A@dingo.com.au>; from Tony Cowan on Wed, Sep 17, 1997 at 11:56:27AM +1000
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On Wed, Sep 17, 1997 at 11:56:27AM +1000, Tony Cowan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry if I'm asking a really obvious question, but here goes...
> 
> Does Free BSD support/provide/use OSPF in its routing?

Yes.  It's available via the port of gated, but it's usually not
necessary.

> I have been asked to test the OSPF routing provided by another intel
> based UNIX implementation, and to check it's operability with other
> systems, I thought I might through a couple of Free BSD boxes into
> the mix. Perhaps you could suggest some tools which might be useful
> in this persuit as well.

I can't think of anything offhand.  Let me know if you run into problems.

Greg