[Xorp-users] xorp and uml

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

> On Friday 29 October 2004 05:13, Dario VIEIRA wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to set up a topology using a single machine in XORP and
> > using "user mode linux". We'd like to set up something like:
> > http://www.lathspell.de/linux/uml/.
> >
> > However, when we run rtrmgr, it starts and dies very fast without
> > any error message :-(!
> >
> > Do I need to do something special in order to get xorp running
> > into uml?
> 
> 
> Hi Dario,
> 
> this might not be a direct answer to your question, but you may wish to 
> take a look at IMUNES (http://tel.fer.hr/imunes/).  This thing offers a 
> handy GUI tool which completely automates all the tasks starting from 
> the specification of the network topology, IP address assignment etc. 
> up to the creation of router configuration files and instantiation of 
> virtual nodes and links.  XORP runs unmodified on top of IMUNES, in 
> fact you can grab a bootable CD which includes everything you need to 
> start creating virtual network topologies using XORP (and/or quagga) 
> routers.  Besides, from both scalability and performance points of 
> view, UML and IMUNES can hardly be compared...

Dario,

I would also strongly recommend trying Marko's IMUNES. I have seen a
demo, and it is really cool and easy to use.

Nevertheless, the fact that XORP dies without an error within UML is
odd. We will install UML and will look into that.

Thanks,
Pavlin