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Leaking specific routes between VRF’s

Hi there, If you want to run a multi-vrf setup with overlapping address space, you might be wondering how to do the surveilance and management of the CE devices. Obviously, you can’t set up a separate NMS system per VRF, and doing NAT from all CE devices into a non-overlapping address pool is just not … Continue reading

Upgrade rt3 from 3.6 to 3.8 in fedora core 9

I upgraded my RT install today using the version in rawhide bound to be release in Core 10. I had some trouble with the upgrade, and I want to share the solution with you: First of all, your system will survive the upgrade just fine. Yum reported that it only needed to pull seven packages … Continue reading

Reinvent the bridge

I need someone to invent the following network device: It’s a dot1q manipulation bridge. Essentially, it would contain two rows of interfaces. Vlans can be manipulated on both sides, with actions such as push and pop, and interfaces could be bridged together. I imagine the following configuration syntax: interface 0 { clear ingress tags push … Continue reading