[Xorp-users] Setting default routes

[Dave Price]

Dear Atanu,


atanu@icsi.berkeley.edu said:
> I tried the following in my config file, it worked for me.
> ---------------------------------------- protocols {
>   static {
>      route4 0.0.0.0/0 {
>          nexthop:  144.124.0.2
>          metric: 1
>      }
>   } } ---------------------------------------- 

That lookss exactly the same as what I believe I had
added yesterday when I could not seem to get it to work.  I'll
try again.   Slight complication in so much as we subnet
144.124.x.x (at 22 bits) and so the interface to the default
is on a subnet of this, but I can't see that should change things.

I have NOT enabled the unicast FEA as I don't actually want this box
to unicast forward between its ports, I plan to just get it
to act as a multicast router.  I wonder if that interacts.
Anyway, I'll try to static default route again.


atanu@icsi.berkeley.edu said:
> I believe that we only speak RIPv2.

I had come to that conclusion, the docs implied that and
I could see multicast RIPv2 requests coming out of the xorp
box when I did enable RIP.  It was ignoring
RIPv1 announcements that were arriving.


atanu@icsi.berkeley.edu said:
> The simplest way of discovering all the settings for a protocol is to
> use the xorpsh. In configure mode it will show all the settings along
> with help text.

That lets you discover their existence, but it does not give
precise descriptions of their role etc.  Some have names
which might be interpreted in more than one way I felt.


atanu@icsi.berkeley.edu said:
> We are intending to make some sample configuration files available.
> Your configuration file would be a great candidate.

assuming I can get it to work :-)

I'll go and have another play....

Dave Price