Howard, thanks for the reply. I've already been playing with Zebra a little bit and I like it so far. I was hoping to find any Windows-based routing services to have "one more tool in the toolbox". A Unix/Linux server is not always around when you need one...
John Dorffler CCIE #6677 ""Howard C. Berkowitz"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > At 11:28 AM -0400 5/2/02, John Dorffler wrote: > >Does anybody know whether there is software available somewhere that lets > >you run IP routing protocols on a Windows computer? I know that Windows 2000 > >supports RIP and OSPF, while UNIX/Linux supports BGP. Is there something > >that lets you run IGRP, EIGRP, or BGP on Windows? I think that would be > >useful if you needed to inject routes into a lab environment when a spare > >router is not available. > > > >Thank you, > >John Dorffler > >CCIE #6677 > > Let me answer a little indirectly. I forget the name of it, but > Microsoft does have a licensed port of Bay RS, which at least runs > RIP and OSPF. The Bay software does support BGP, but I don't know if > Microsoft's implementation does. > > If you're willing to use the PC with *NIX, you have some major > alternatives. There is the Multithreaded Routing Toolkit (MRT) and > old versions of GateD at www.merit.edu. There is GNU Zebra at > www.zebra.org. Last time I looked, these both supported RIP, OSPF, > ISIS, and BGP. Might be some multicast. > > There are commercial-grade versions of both: see www.nexthop.com and > www.ipinfusion.com. These are apt to have more recent stuff such as > traffic engineering extensions, MPLS, etc. > > Most of the early development was on NetBSD, but you're pretty safe > assuming they will run on Linux or FreeBSD. > > Of the two, I most recently used Zebra, which has a command language > more Cisco-like than GateD, which is Juniper-like (there's a fair bit > of GateD tradition in JunOS heritage). At the time, Zebra's BGP was > probably a little stranger than GateD, but both have pros and cons. > > Merit also has something called BGPsim, which specifically generates > BGP updates but is not a BGP routing process -- it lets you do > things, however, such as generating bad routes or arbitrary AS paths. > > I should be working with Zebra and BGPsim in the next couple of weeks > to set up an Internet simulator, along with routers. I'll have more > recent data then. > > -- > "What Problem are you trying to solve?" > ***send Cisco questions to the list, so all can benefit -- not > directly to me*** > **************************************************************************** **** > Howard C. Berkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chief Technology Officer, GettLab/Gett Communications http://www.gettlabs.com > Technical Director, CertificationZone.com http://www.certificationzone.com > "retired" Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CID) #93005 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=43217&t=43124 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
