I admit I am rookie to IP routing. Looking for a little bet of simple help configuring BIRD for simple routing.

[Hans van Kranenburg]

Hi,

On 4/27/21 12:04 AM, Myron wrote:
> I am trying to learn how to set-up a router and maintain a configuration
> and I'm hoping someone can help me.  I'm that sort of person who learns
> by example.
> The configuration is a bit nn standard and will be only used on a local
> area network.
> Essentially, how would I configure BIRD to route everything except DHCP
> traffic between networks 192.168.0.0/16 <http://192.168.0.0/16>,
> 192.168.30.0/16 <http://192.168.30.0/16>, 192.168.31.0/16
> <http://192.168.31.0/16> and packets for any other network get sent to
> 192.168.0.1? 
> So, as an example, a device on 192.168.31.4 can talk to 192.168.0.33? 

Can you make a drawing to show what the network will look like? What is
connected to what? Where does the router live? What are the traffic
flows you want?

What is the story about DHCP traffic? Why is is special?

> All using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.

Ok, so I think you meant 192.168.0.0/24, 192.168.30.0/24 and
192.168.31.0/24 in that case? All with 24 instead of 16. Because
192.168.0.0/16 contains everything under 192.168...

> I will try and read through the user guide, but at this moment I'm not
> sure what I need to do to get it to work.

Without knowing a bit more in detail what your goal is, you might get
answers that are the correct answer for a question that you're not
asking. :)

Hans