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Where Have the Unix RIP2 Daemons Gone?

Posted by Cliff on from the gone-but-not-forgotten dept.

Michael Gantz asks: "What are people using for RIP2 support under Unix? It looks very bleak out there; Mrt is sitting on SourceForge and appears to have not been maintained for some time. Gated has gone commercial. What's left? I realize RIP2 is not the most advanced protocol but it's very usefull in many situations."

13 comments

  1. Zebra does rip1, rip2, eigrp, bgp4, ospf by nneul · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's at http://www.zebra.org/. From that web page:

    What is GNU Zebra?

    GNU Zebra is free software (distributed under GNU Generic Public License) that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP-4 protocol as described in RFC1771 (A Border Gateway Protocol 4) as well as RIPv1, RIPv2 and OSPFv2. Unlike traditional, Gated based, monolithic architectures and even the so-called "new modular architectures" that remove the burden of processing routing functions from the cpu and utilize special ASIC chips instead, Zebra software offers true modularity.

    Zebra is unique in its design in that it has a process for each protocol. Zebra uses multithread technology under multithread supported UNIX kernels. However it can be run under non-multithread supported UNIX kernels. Thus Zebra provides flexibility and reliability.

    Each module can be upgraded independently of the others, allowing for quick upgrades as well as protection from the case of a failure in one protocol affecting the entire system.

    Zebra is intended to be used as a Route Server and a Route Reflector. Zebra is not a toolkit, it provides full routing power under a new architecture.

    1. Re:Zebra does rip1, rip2, eigrp, bgp4, ospf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow. In one post, this topic is done.

      At least the answer isn't in the first page of google results for "rip2 linux".

    2. Re:Zebra does rip1, rip2, eigrp, bgp4, ospf by gantzm · · Score: 1

      As the original poster of the question, I gotta ask, why is zebra so hard to find? I searched for rip2 in Freshmeat, Google, Sorceforge, etc..... Hmm......

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    3. Re:Zebra does rip1, rip2, eigrp, bgp4, ospf by davidu · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I dunno, I guess people "in the know" tend to know about Zebra because we use it over our networks on a daily basis. I learned about it from NANOG.

      It works great but it has some problems scaling over huge routing tables (75,000+) especially with Solaris. You should be fine doing RIP2 or OSPF in linux with it.

      -davidu

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    4. Re:Zebra does rip1, rip2, eigrp, bgp4, ospf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Probably because those who need this kind of support use GateD.

      I'd trust GateD before I'd use some unknown GNU product.

      Check it out.
      http://www.gated.merit.edu/

    5. Re:Zebra does rip1, rip2, eigrp, bgp4, ospf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wrong.

      The submitter was a lazy luser.

      search google for "routing software unix" and click on the first link.

      just again proves that slashdot submitters as well as editors are clueless linux bitches.

    6. Re:Zebra does rip1, rip2, eigrp, bgp4, ospf by indaba · · Score: 3, Informative
      Zebra DOES NOT do EIGRP, nor will it ever I would guess.

      EIGRP is Cisco proprietry routing protocol.


      Refer : http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/i to_doc/en_igrp.htm


      Darren Kruse CCNP CCDP

      WAN/LAN Networking Consultant

      Email : darren_kruse@hotmail.com

      www.geocities.com/darren_kruse

  2. Routing Daemons by Paranoid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Gated has indeed gone commercial, however the older free version is still available (check BSD archives).

    Zebra, as has already been mentioned, does RIP2, among other things.

    Bird is another alternative which does RIP2.

    I personally prefer bird, because I want only OSPF (IPv4 and IPv6), so the extra weight of zebra is lost on me. (oo big to easily embed)

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  3. they died by zoombah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and now they Rest in Peace...

    1. Re:they died by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      IDIOT FAGGOT MODERATORS.

      its Rest In Peace -- a simple, topical joke

  4. Zebra DOES NOT do EIGRP ! by indaba · · Score: 2, Informative
    Zebra DOES NOT do EIGRP, nor will it ever I would guess.

    EIGRP is Cisco proprietry routing protocol.


    Refer : http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/i to_doc/en_igrp.htm


    Darren Kruse CCNP CCDP

    WAN/LAN Networking Consultant

    Email : darren_kruse@hotmail.com

    www.geocities.com/darren_kruse

  5. Where have... by sulli · · Score: 1

    Where have all the Unix RIP2 Daemons gone?
    Long time passing ...
    Where have all the Unix RIP2 Daemons gone?
    Long time ago ...
    Where have all the Unix RIP2 Daemons gone?
    Gone to BGP4, everyone.
    When will they ever learn?
    When will they ever learn?

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  6. Use OSPF (If Possible) Instead. by fwc · · Score: 2
    Seriously.

    OSPF isn't much harder to configure than RIPv2 and solves a lot of the RIP-type problems that v2 didn't such as count-to-infinity loops and slow convergence.

    As others have already mentioned Zebra and GateD, I won't be redundant and give you a URL. Both of these do OSPF in addition to RIPv2.