Re: ICMP redirects...opinions..

Matthew S. Crocker (matthew@crocker.com)
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:59:15 +0000 (GMT)

> Problem is, with OSPF, routed doesn't cut it any longer. Routed uses RIP;
> you're using OSPF as your routing protocol. Since the UN*X boxes now only
> have their "default route" as the "correct" place to go for your users' IP
> addresses, you either (1) need to have the Cisco redistribute the OSPF
> routes into RIP, (2) need to have the PM's do both RIP and OSPF, or (3) just
> live with it. Since you won't install OSPF on all the unix boxes, they need
> to get their routing info from somewhere, or else the router will ICMP
> Redirect them away.

Do you know of a *stable* OSPF solution for Linux? I'm running into the
same problem. I have a simple fix in mind. We have a 7010 with 6 ether
and 48 ports on 2 3com linkswitch 1000's. We will be building a couple of
VLANs and put all the PM's in one VLAN and all the servers in another.
That way all the packets have to go through the cisco and the unix boxes
won't need to know about the PM routes.

-Matt

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