> Well, for one thing it would be more reliable to have a unix socket > instead of a network port.
A Unix socket cannot easily be tunnelled using ssh or socat. > Also, the output is not easy to parse as it is right now. First off, > there is no delimitation that allows us to see when a listing is > over. It's not a listing -- it's deltas that arrive asynchronously. But then, adding an "end of initial dump" marker would solve your problem quite nicely. > Second, the fields display is inconsistent. The "chan (255)" field, for > example, is sometimes there, sometimes not... The format is extensible, and in principle all fields are optional. > git://src.anarcat.ath.cx/reseaulibre-scripts I'll have a look when I have some time next week. >> The Quagga version of Babel has an extensive command-line interface: > Do you mind showing me sample output so that I could make something > similar out of this? jch@huponomos:~$ sudo /usr/local/quagga/bin/vtysh Hello, this is Quagga (version 0.99.17.11). Copyright 1996-2005 Kunihiro Ishiguro, et al. huponomos# show babel authentication Packet authentication interface Interface information neighbor Print neighbors parameters Configuration information route Babel internal routing table huponomos# show babel interface alpha alpha is up ifindex 4, MTU 1476 bytes <UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP> Babel protocol is running on this interface Operating mode is "wired" Split horizon mode is On Hello interval is 10000 ms Update interval is 40000 ms Rxcost multiplier is 96 Packet authentication is disabled huponomos# show babel neighbor alpha Neighbour fe80::bc38:5f1b:5feb:fa12 dev alpha reach ffff rxcost 96 txcost 96. huponomos# show ip route 192.168.4.31 Routing entry for 192.168.4.31/32 Known via "babel", distance 95, metric 0, best Last update 00:02:13 ago * 192.168.4.27, via gamma onlink huponomos# show babel route 192.168.4.31 192.168.4.31/32 metric 233 refmetric 137 id e2:91:f5:ff:fe:cc:7a:00 seqno 54846 chan (84,192,28) age 89 via gamma neigh fe80::d8a2:ed31:a081:552 nexthop 192.168.4.27 (installed) 192.168.4.31/32 metric 224 refmetric 128 id e2:91:f5:ff:fe:cc:7a:00 seqno 54846 chan (214,209,24) age 5 via alpha neigh fe80::bc38:5f1b:5feb:fa12 nexthop 192.168.4.25 (feasible) _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
