RE: OSPF & Ring network

2010-03-25 Thread Jeremy Evans
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll bear them in mind for when I try tuning the configuration. Turned out I shot myself in the foot by rushing into upgrading BIRD to the latest version after thinking I wasn't getting anywhere with 1.0.11 (I think - the version attached to ubuntu 8.04). I killed the d

Re: OSPF & Ring network

2010-03-25 Thread Ondrej Zajicek
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:23:53AM +0100, Ondrej Zajicek wrote: > 2) You probably don't want 'export all' to protocol ospf. > That would lead to export routes from direct protocol to ospf protocol, > whis is not what you want (protocol ospf generates routes for connected > devices itself so these e

Re: OSPF & Ring network

2010-03-25 Thread Ondrej Zajicek
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:17:51AM +1300, Jeremy Evans wrote: > protocol kernel { > learn off; > persist on; > scan time 20; > export all; > } > > protocol device { > scan time 10; > } > > protocol direct { > interface -"eth*"; > } > > protocol ospf { > export all; >

Re: OSPF & Ring network

2010-03-25 Thread Ondrej Zajicek
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:17:51AM +1300, Jeremy Evans wrote: > protocol direct { > interface -"eth*"; > } > > protocol ospf { > export all; > import all; > area 0.0.0.0 { > interface 10.0.0.0/8 { > wait 15; > type nonbroadcast; # no change if

OSPF & Ring network

2010-03-25 Thread Jeremy Evans
I have a group of devices which are required to have a redundant communication path in the event of a link failure. Due to legacy & cost reasons the network uses serial PPP links between devices as follows: +---++---+ | |eth0| | | ++ | | 1 | ++ ++ |ppp0| |ppp1+--