[Xorp-hackers] How to have a click + xorp compatible configuration ?

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

> > Now that XORP CVS runs again, I'm retrying to use click and before
> > writing my own config files, I'd like to run yours successfully (the one
> > you gave in a previous email).  What I'm facing is that I can't have a
> > xorp configuration that is both xorp and click compatible.
> > 
> > My configuration is like this currently :
> > interfaces {
> >     interface eth0 {
> >         description: "control interface"
> >         vif eth0 {
> >             address 10.2.0.4 {
> >                 prefix-length: 24
> >                 broadcast: 10.255.255.255
> >             }
> >         }
> > 	mac: 1:1:1:1:1:1
> 
> Try to use 01:01:01:01:01:01 instead.
> It appears that currently the parser doesn't accept the former
> format. This should be fixed shortly.
> Though, I just did a quick test, and explicitly setting the MAC
> address in the XORP configuration may trigger another bug (unless
> eth0 is down).
> 
> Hence, for the time being I'd recommend that you don't specify the
> mac and mtu inside the XORP configuration, and let the FEA deal with
> that. After the above two problems are fixed, then you can add them
> back safely.

Now both problems are fixed, so you should be able to add the Mac
address in either format.

Thanks,
Pavlin