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On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 15:46 +0000, Mike Horwath wrote: > On 5/13/11 10:43 AM, "Justin Krejci" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 15:11 +0000, Mike Horwath wrote: > >> On 5/12/11 6:57 PM, "Justin Krejci" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >> >As I understand it there is currently no public looking glass or route > >> >server for MICE users or the public in general. Any interest in setting > >> >something up? I could donate a server or some time to the cause. They > >>are > >> >quite useful in troubleshooting routing issues or network changes. > >> > >> You are correct, there isn't. > >> > >> This could easily run on the system that handles the statistics easily > >> enough, just I have no idea how I would tie bird into a LG setup. > >> > > > >Looks like using its CLI will not be immediately compatible with most > >(all?) LG tools out there which are seemingly mostly geared around > >Cisco, Juniper, and Zebra/Quagga systems it seems. Unless someone knows > >of a really great and flexible LG app. > > Yah, that was my finding as well. > > >Perhaps a small C/J router could peer up with the two servers to suck in > >the routes and be used as the LG source and as a publicly telnet > >accessible route server as well. > > There will be a Juniper in place soon - once that is done, we can look at > putting it into the 'route' subsystem (this is *not* a requirement for > operation of the peering point, in fact, it could create other issues if > something breaks) but we could then query that for data. If there will be a Juniper router already going into the network anyways that would certainly work I should think. Then it can be polled by the existing stats server you mentioned. > > > >ALso OpenBSD has a good bgp daemon with their own bgplg toools (web and > >cli) included. > >http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgp&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD > >+Current&arch=amd64&apropos=1&format=html > > We aren't using OpenBSD anywhere though...we are using BIRD. A small OpenBSD server, even a small Soekris style box, can still suck up a read-only copy of the routes from the route servers via BGP. No real maintenance or overhead once its up and running. The only real difference between something like this and using a C/J would be that OBSD has all of the tools built in already, so it's a matter of convenience and the general dependable security of an OBSD system. I have a such Soekris box with a flash drive I could donate to the cause as I've been looking for something to do with it besides accessorize my desk. I only mention this as an option as I have used OBSD for a long time and am familiar with it and it would meet the needs from what I can see. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1