I like that idea. I basically need Vyatta without the corporate... issues that goes along with it. I'm currently using OpenBSD, which works well. However, I'm lazy and would very much like to avoid having to maintain a network of OpenBSD boxen if something with a nice, easy GUI exists. -Adam
Jim Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >On Sep 15, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Adam Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is BGPd in Quagga likely to be a huge PITA? If not, I'll probably take a >> stab at integrating it into the GUI. If I can figure out how to build >> packages, anyway. (I'd prefer OpenOSPFd instead of Quagga, but that seems >> like a dead duck in pfSense now.) > >I strongly prefer Quagga over OpenBSD’s “solution”, but mostly because ISC has >gotten behind it. >https://github.com/opensourcerouting/quagga > >> I do now need a more-capable router than what pfSense gives me, in the sense >> that I need to be able to run EGPs and IGPs simultaneously. > >Perhaps we need a separate ‘pro routing’ product/project that eliminates a lot >of the “home network” functionality that doesn’t belong on a box that core to >forwarding packets. > >Jim > >> -Adam >> >> Jim Pingle <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 9/15/2013 11:58 AM, Adam Thompson wrote: >>>> Reading the release notes for 2.1 reminded me of something... shouldn't >>>> the use of PBI packaging now automagically resolve the conflicts between >>>> OpenBGPd/OpenOSPFd and Quagga? >>> >>> Somewhat. >>> >>> The actual calls to the binaries in their respective packages use the >>> links in /usr/local/(s)bin/ so they still conflict since the links from >>> one PBI will clobber the links from another. >>> >>> If the packages were adjusted to call the binaries from their isolated >>> PBI dirs, then it may be OK, though since the actual binary names are >>> the same (e.g. bgpd) some things such as the service status may not >>> reflect the right status. >>> >>> Jim >> _______________________________________________ >> List mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > >_______________________________________________ >List mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
