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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."

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  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 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. 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