Diff: RouterNodeSetup

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 !!! A Linux Routing Node Distribution 

 Looking for candidate distributions to suit the following. The Linux Router Project derived (http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ LEAF) distributions seem to come close... leveraging these projects should result in something ideal. 

 

-Initially, we plan to use a bootable cd, that asks a detailed [router distro questionnaire questionaire] on its first boot, and stores the config options on a floppy/HD/compactFlash/whatever 

+Initially, we plan to use a bootable cd, that asks a detailed questionaire on its first boot, and stores the config options on a floppy/HD/compactFlash/whatever 

 

 

 !!! Requirements 

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 ** DHCP & DNS servers 

 ** CIPE & FreeSWAN 

 *** ([AndrewGriffiths]) Anyone got CIPE to work out of the box against 2.4.18? I doubt I'll include it until it wants to work for me.. 

-** MRTG graphing 

+** MRTG graphing (if HDD) 

 ** Open interface for troubleshooting (read-only view of certain configuration details) 

 ** ssh management 

 ** web management with SSL server security and client certificates 

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 !!! Random comments anyone? 

 * ([SimonButcher]) - You'll need more than 16 meg RAM to run MRTG alone without the box swapping like crazy per run. It's perl, afterall, and will run like a dog on a 386, let alone with only a couple of meg aside from the kernel (trust me!). You'll need at least 32 meg RAM (plus swap) to run all those daemons "comfortably" with Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD. To run large routing tables, IPv4, IPv6, and QoS you will need at least a Pentium-75 or the latency will suffer dramatically. 

 * ([chewy]) - You dont need to run mrtg on the system, only a snmpd of some sort and the graphing can take place elsewhere. I currently have my wireless node doing the graphs for itself and for the net box.  The net box also boots and runs off a 64MB cf card, the init scripts set up a ram drive and files such as the dhcp leases are symlinked from the cf(which is mounted read-only). with the cf, use 40 band ide cables not the 80 band ones, i wasted many hours trying to work out why it wouldnt boot when it was the cable causing the trouble. 

-* ([Ashrak]) - Willing to host from Home (Narre Warren) or my other node (boronia) would prefer to run Windows 2000 or 2003 as i am familuar with it, but a linux box i will run but will need some support. e-mail me if anyone interested in my involvement ashrak@iprimus.com.au 

+* (Ashrak) - Willing to host from Home (Narre Warren) or my other node (boronia) would prefer to run Windows 2000 or 2003 as i am familuar with it, but a linux box i will run but will need some support. e-mail me if anyone interested in my involvement ashrak@iprimus.com.au 

 

 

 !!! Other Resources: 

-* (http://www.brienposey.com/ospf_2.htm Win2k Server family) 

+* (http://www.brienposey.com/ospf_2.htm OSPF on Win2k Server family)