Hi folks,
At work, we're considering the idea to replace the presente router with a stardard box with CentOS as a SO and GNU Zebra as a routing software. The line is a 4Mbps SDSL.
¿What do you think about Zebra and what are your experiencies with it?
Any feedback will be so appreciated. TIA.
Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
Hi folks,
At work, we're considering the idea to replace the presente router with a stardard box with CentOS as a SO and GNU Zebra as a routing software. The line is a 4Mbps SDSL.
¿What do you think about Zebra and what are your experiencies with it?
If you only have one internet connection, that will be your default route and you don't need a routing protocol. You only need zebra if you need to use dynamic routing protocols with adjacent routers, and in that case it will work as long as it can match protocols, and it will do bgp, ospf, and rip.
If you only have one internet connection, that will be your default route and you don't need a routing protocol. You only need zebra if you need to use dynamic routing protocols with adjacent routers, and in that case it will work as long as it can match protocols, and it will do bgp, ospf, and rip.
Yes Les, we need for this. Indeed I've seen GNU Zebra is a discontinued project and thier successor is Quagga project. Moreover, Quagga is a software included in [Base] repo.
Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
If you only have one internet connection, that will be your default route and you don't need a routing protocol. You only need zebra if you need to use dynamic routing protocols with adjacent routers, and in that case it will work as long as it can match protocols, and it will do bgp, ospf, and rip.
Yes Les, we need for this. Indeed I've seen GNU Zebra is a discontinued project and thier successor is Quagga project. Moreover, Quagga is a software included in [Base] repo.
Yes, quagga is the current name. I've only used it to run RIP with an adjacent Cisco but I'd expect the other protocols to work too. The only problem you might have is if your other routers are all Cisco and expect the proprietary IGRP/EIGRP protocol.
On Apr 1, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
At work, we're considering the idea to replace the presente router with a stardard box with CentOS as a SO and GNU Zebra as a routing software. The line is a 4Mbps SDSL.
¿What do you think about Zebra and what are your experiencies with it?
if you're used to working with Cisco routers, the interface to zebra/ quagga should look pretty familiar.
quagga seemed to work pretty well in applications requiring RIP and BGP (i can't remember whether we configured any OSPF) on a network testbed.
don't use zebra; use quagga instead.
rather than running CentOS on your router, though, have you considered using a specialized firewall/router distribution? something like OpenWRT (http://openwrt.org/) or m0n0router (http:// inf.imelda.be/downloads/m0n0wall/m0n0router/) (even though it's not Linux-based) might be simpler to maintain.
-steve
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On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 09:09:16AM -0400, Steve Huff wrote:
On Apr 1, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
At work, we're considering the idea to replace the presente router with a stardard box with CentOS as a SO and GNU Zebra as a routing software. The line is a 4Mbps SDSL.
?What do you think about Zebra and what are your experiencies with it?
if you're used to working with Cisco routers, the interface to zebra/ quagga should look pretty familiar.
quagga seemed to work pretty well in applications requiring RIP and BGP (i can't remember whether we configured any OSPF) on a network testbed.
don't use zebra; use quagga instead.
rather than running CentOS on your router, though, have you considered using a specialized firewall/router distribution? something like OpenWRT (http://openwrt.org/) or m0n0router (http:// inf.imelda.be/downloads/m0n0wall/m0n0router/) (even though it's not Linux-based) might be simpler to maintain.
Though it depends what you're doing, of course. I've got a client who uses two routers at satellite sites - one a CentOS router running quagga, and one a m0n0wall router on a wrap. m0n0wall and other applicance routers are great if you're wanting do simple stuff (where simple means 'that which is supported by your appliance'), but as soon as you step outside those boundaries I find having a real OS available is hugely worthwhile.
We've found quagga on CentOS really solid, fwiw.
Cheers, Gavin
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