Large scale deployment ?

[Ondrej Feela Filip]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Ondrej Feela Filip wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Mario Lorenz wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I would like to ask on whether bird is actually used in medium-sized
> > production environments and what the experiences are, with regard to
> > stability and possibilities for debugging, especially on the OSPF and
> > BGP parts.
> >
> > Since I am only learning said more complex routing protocols (until now
> > everything that needed to be done could be handled with static routing
> > or RIP) I wonder if BIRD is a good platform to use. Compared to eg.
> > Cisco or Zebra, the possibilities of getting BGP status information (paths etc)
> > seem to be rather limited. Anyone running BGP on a network consisting of
> > more than just a single box, and running full internet tables ? How How does
> > BIRD do there, since route dampening is on the todo, and the books describe
> > it as a very important feature for an internet grade BGP router ?
> >
> >
> > OSPF I couldnt test at all, bird just crashes right after startup
> > (probably my config file describes an invalid configuration). Again, can BIRD
> > be recommended as a routing solution for single area OSPF networks, around
> > 20-30 Routers ? Scaling for more areas?
> > Interoperability with other vendors tested ?
>
> Dear Sir, unfortunately, OSPF is not fully stable yet. In my TODO list
> there is about 3 items, I should solve immediately. I hope, I'll do it
> before New Year.  So please hold a few days. (Or you can help with
> debuging.)

Cool, one bug fixed.

>
> (And then I'll implement multiple areas, virtual links and md5
> authentification. And then..... OSPFv3.... Sometimes... Ehm..)
>
> > Again, the idea for me is to learn the routing protocols, on a practical
> > example; I dont have 20 Ciscos to play with, and bird looked like a nice
> > little daemon for that job (and also for future deployment, if it works..)
> >
> > Or any other suggestions ? (Replies to this question please in private, as I
> > dont want to start any flame wars here)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mario
>
> 			Kind regards
> 				Ondrej Filip
>
> >
> >
>
>

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Ondrej Feela Filip