[Xorp-users] Cannot start vif

[Elzer Zoltan]

Hello Pavlin 

I managed to configure the router. I installed the xorp to the machine 
instead of live cd and I used one of the config file from mailing list. 
Thanks! 

                       Turbo 

Elzer Zoltan writes: 

> Hello Pavlin  
> 
> I still have the same problem. I dont have config file, because I use live 
> cd version and I dont have floppy drive. I  setup everything manally. Here 
> is the config:  
> 
> 
> interfaces {
>    interface xl0 {
>       vif xl0 {
> 	address 192.168.2.1 {
> 		prefix-length: 24
> }
> }
> }
> }  
> 
> interfaces {
>    interface rl0 {
>       vif rl0 {
> 	address 192.168.3.1 {
> 		prefix-length: 24
> }
> }
> }
> }  
> 
> 
> fea {
>    unicast-forwarding4 {
>  }
> }  
> 
> protocols {
>    fib2mrib {
>       }
> }  
> 
>  ----- Here I ran commit and it succeeded.  
> 
> 
> plumbing {
>    mfea4 {  
> 
>       interface xl0 {
>          vif xl0 { 
> 
>          }
>       }  
> 
>       interface register_vif {
>          vif register_vif { 
> 
>          }
>       }  
> 
>  --- After this when I ran commit the same error occurred:
> 102 Command failed Cannot start vif xl0: underlying vif is not UP  
> 
> All interfaces are enabled (disable: false) and unicast forwarding worked 
> fine.  
> 
> Regards, Turbo  
> 
>   
> 
>   
> 
> 
> Pavlin Radoslavov writes:  
> 
>>> I am new in xorp. I would like to try th multicast forwarding, but a problem 
>>> occured.
>>>  - I use live cd version 1.4
>>            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> This has to be 1.4-RC (Release Candidate), because the final 1.4
>> version is not released yet.  
>> 
>>>  - The network layout:  Host1 --- Xorp router --- Host2
>>>  - I succeeded in setting up unicast forwarding between the two host, but 
>>> when I tried to set multicast plumbing, or adding new protocol (IGMP, PIM), 
>>> after commit I  got the following error: 102 Command failed Cannot start vif 
>>> rl0: underlying vif is not UP
>>> I tried it on all interfaces an on different machines.
>>> Please help me, how can I resolve this problem. Thanks. 
>> 
>> Can you send your configuration file.
>> Also, did you configure/enable rl0 in the "mfea4" section as well.
>> Finally, is "rl0" connected to the network.  
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Pavlin  
>> 
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