CentOS - Apr 2007 - CentOS + GNU Zebra

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.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com

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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