HA! Solved my own problem this time... I upgraded to the new GateD 3.5.9-3 rpm from RedHat. Apparently 3.5.7 was not set up to listen to multicasts. js > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Scherbarth > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 1998 10:25 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: GateD and Multicast > > Hello all, > I've got an interesting one here... > > I've got a couple of RH5 boxes here running GateD 3.5.7-2 and am > trying to get OSPF working happily between them. I've managed to come > up with a gated.conf that they seem satisfied with, but still no > routes learned. When I sniff the link between them I can see that > both are sourcing valid HELLO packets to the correct multicast address > (224.0.0.5) but neither seems to be paying attention to the other's > HELLO. You may ask why I want to run OSPF in this case anyway, and > I'll tell you. I'm trying to test interoperability of GateD and the > OSPF software we run on the routers my company makes. Anyway, another > tidbit of info, if I do an ifconfig I can see that the interfaces that > should be recieveing these HELLOs show no packets recieved. > > Am I missing something here? Do I need an explicit multicast route? > Is full multicast support enabled in the kernel by default? Does > anybody out there have OSPF running on RH5 with this version of GateD? > Any version of GateD? Oh yeah, my Extreme (my company) box sees the > GateD HELLOs but the Linux boxes don't see his either. > > thanks, any help with multicast and/or GateD is much appreciated... > > js > > * Jason Scherbarth > * Extreme Networks > * (408)863-2842 > Gigabit Ethernet? check out http://www.extremenetworks.com > -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
