[Xorp-hackers] XORP Testing

[Vikram]

I have made no changes with eth0. I just tell it to pick up the
default-system-config. Even then the same problem occurs. There are no
routes defined in my configuration file. There is only a defination of
eth0 which is supposed to pick up the default-system-config.

On 12/18/06, Pavlin Radoslavov <pavlin at icir.org> wrote:
> > Here is my test environment. My XORP router is running on a slow
> > machine whose root volume is mounted via nfs on eth0. I telnet into
> > the XORP router and perform all configurations. Whenever I try to
> > anything with eth0, the telnet sessions just freeze up. The telnet
> > sessions are also coming through eth0. I would like to know if this is
> > normal for the telnet sessions to freeze or is there something wrong
> > with my setup or anything else?
>
> What kind of changes do you do with eth0?
> Obviously, if you change the IP address or take the interface down,
> this will affect all network traffic via eth0 (including telnet and
> NFS).
> Also, note that other operations like changing the MTU or the MAC
> address will trigger (internally in the FEA) taking the interface
> down, performing the change and then setting it up again.
> Also, have in mind that if there are NFS issues, the interactive
> sessions might also be affected.
>
> Regards,
> Pavlin
>