[Xorp-users] Xorp router on windows 2008

[Bruce Simpson]

Altaf Maniar wrote:
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> Hi,
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> As you all may know Microsoft removed OSPF protocol in windows 2008. I 
> am trying to use XORP router for OSPF  on windows 2008.
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I'm surprised to hear this, to say the least.

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>  It is starting and running fine on windows 2008 without windows 
> firewall turned on.
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> I am trying to resolve  2 issue. First one Is that I need xorp to work 
> with windows firewall on and  I need to make it so it run as a service.
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Whilst getting XORP to work as an NT service would be desirable for a 
number of reasons, it isn't technically possible at the moment without a 
high degree of refactoring, and would be unlikely to appear as a feature 
until well into the XORP 2.0 train.
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>  Has anyone been successful in doing this. I am working on it if fix 
> it I will let everyone know.
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There are ways you can parcel up single commands and run then as NT 
services. I know OpenVPN uses this approach. Unfortunately XORP is a bit 
more complicated than OpenVPN.

thanks
BMS