[Xorp-users] newbie in XORP

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

> XORP installed ok, but when I try to run xorpsh it gives me this:
> 
> step3 (fea)
> step3: execute
> TaskXrlItem::execute
>    xrl fea/ifmgr/0.1/commit_transaction?tid:u32=$(interfaces.TID)
> +++++++[ 2003/06/17 14:02:08  ERROR fea:19666 FEA +382 
> ifconfig_set_ioctl.cc push_config ] On rl0: O/S does not recognise interface
> [ 2003/06/17 14:02:08 WARNING fea XrlFeaTarget ] Handling method for 
> ifmgr/0.1/commit_transaction failed: XrlCmdError 102 Command failed On 
> rl0: O/S does not recognise interface
> TaskXrlItem::execute_done
> xrl_done (fea)
> TaskManager::task_done
> task failed
> ##############################################################
> ## commit_pass2_done
> ## commit failed: 102 Command failed On rl0: O/S does not recognise 
> interface
> MasterConfigTree::config_done: fail: 102 Command failed On rl0: O/S does 
> not recognise interface
> [ 2003/06/17 14:02:08  ERROR rtrmgr:19665 RTRMGR +127 
> master_conf_tree.cc config_done ] Startup failed (102 Command failed On 
> rl0: O/S does not recognise interface)
> Startup failed (102 Command failed On rl0: O/S does not recognise interface)
> 
> Obviously I am doing something wrong but, what?
> My actual goal is to test MLD on Linux. Are there any shortcuts to that?

As Mark said, currently there is no support to start the
multicast-related stuff via the router manager.

However, there is a shortcut to test MLD only:

1. Get the lastest XORP code from the CVS repository as described in
   http://www.xorp.org/cvs.html
   (I just commited some code that fixes an IPv6/MLD-related problem).

2. Apply a simple patch to mld6igmp/test_mld6igmp.cc and
   mld6igmp/configure_mld6igmp to use MLD instead of IGMP
   (included at the end of this email).

3. Read mld6igmp/README how to modify/configure
   mld6igmp/configure_mld6igmp for your needs, and how to start
   and test MLD.

Note that the current shell-script based configuration of MLD is a
temporary solution, and the next XORP release should use the router
manager instead. Also, note that I have tested MLD only on
FreeBSD-4.7 so it may or may not work on IPv6-capable Linux.

Please let me know if you run into any problems.

Regards,
Pavlin


Index: configure_mld6igmp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/share/doc/apache/cvs/xorp/mld6igmp/configure_mld6igmp,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -c -u -r1.11 configure_mld6igmp
--- configure_mld6igmp	18 Jun 2003 00:07:03 -0000	1.11
+++ configure_mld6igmp	18 Jun 2003 00:07:41 -0000
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 # Send configuration commands to a running MLD/IGMP process.
 #
 
-MODULE_NAME="IGMP"
+MODULE_NAME="MLD"
 HOSTNAME=`hostname`
 
 CLI_TARGET="CLI"
-MFEA_TARGET="MFEA_4"
-MLD6IGMP_TARGET="IGMP"
+MFEA_TARGET="MFEA_6"
+MLD6IGMP_TARGET="MLD"
 
 . ../cli/xrl_cli_shell_funcs.sh
 . ../fea/xrl_mfea_shell_funcs.sh
Index: test_mld6igmp.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/share/doc/apache/cvs/xorp/mld6igmp/test_mld6igmp.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -c -u -r1.21 test_mld6igmp.cc
--- test_mld6igmp.cc	3 Jun 2003 10:30:36 -0000	1.21
+++ test_mld6igmp.cc	18 Jun 2003 00:07:41 -0000
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 //
 
 // XXX: set to 1 for IPv4, or set to 0 for IPv6
-#define DO_IPV4 1
+#define DO_IPV4 0
 
 //
 // Local variables