At 11:28 AM -0400 5/2/02, John Dorffler wrote: >Does anybody know whether there is software available somewhere that lets >you run IP routing protocols on a Windows computer? I know that Windows 2000 >supports RIP and OSPF, while UNIX/Linux supports BGP. Is there something >that lets you run IGRP, EIGRP, or BGP on Windows? I think that would be >useful if you needed to inject routes into a lab environment when a spare >router is not available. > >Thank you, >John Dorffler >CCIE #6677
Let me answer a little indirectly. I forget the name of it, but Microsoft does have a licensed port of Bay RS, which at least runs RIP and OSPF. The Bay software does support BGP, but I don't know if Microsoft's implementation does. If you're willing to use the PC with *NIX, you have some major alternatives. There is the Multithreaded Routing Toolkit (MRT) and old versions of GateD at www.merit.edu. There is GNU Zebra at www.zebra.org. Last time I looked, these both supported RIP, OSPF, ISIS, and BGP. Might be some multicast. There are commercial-grade versions of both: see www.nexthop.com and www.ipinfusion.com. These are apt to have more recent stuff such as traffic engineering extensions, MPLS, etc. Most of the early development was on NetBSD, but you're pretty safe assuming they will run on Linux or FreeBSD. Of the two, I most recently used Zebra, which has a command language more Cisco-like than GateD, which is Juniper-like (there's a fair bit of GateD tradition in JunOS heritage). At the time, Zebra's BGP was probably a little stranger than GateD, but both have pros and cons. Merit also has something called BGPsim, which specifically generates BGP updates but is not a BGP routing process -- it lets you do things, however, such as generating bad routes or arbitrary AS paths. I should be working with Zebra and BGPsim in the next couple of weeks to set up an Internet simulator, along with routers. I'll have more recent data then. -- "What Problem are you trying to solve?" ***send Cisco questions to the list, so all can benefit -- not directly to me*** ******************************************************************************** Howard C. Berkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chief Technology Officer, GettLab/Gett Communications http://www.gettlabs.com Technical Director, CertificationZone.com http://www.certificationzone.com "retired" Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CID) #93005 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=43178&t=43124 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
