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From: Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: routed  vs. gated
Date: 4 Sep 1996 15:24:06 GMT
Organization: Eurocontrol EEC, Bretigny, France
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Message-ID: <50k6um$l4q@polaris.eurocontrol.fr>
References: <322D9506.A48@spmu.rssi.ru>
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In article <322D9506.A48@spmu.rssi.ru>,
Lawrence Beobachter  <larry@spmu.rssi.ru> wrote:
> I have routed running all right, just wondering if there is
> any advantage in using gated instead. 
> What do wise men say subj?

The routed in 2.1.* FreeBSD is an old one, supporting only RIPv1. One
should not really use it.

The routed in 2.2-CURRENT is the latest one from V. Schryer (SGI) and
supports RIPv1, RIPv2 and Router Discovery. It has more features and should
run better. You can use it if you want to do RIP.

GateD is a much more advanced routing daemon, supporting both IGP (Ripv1,
RIPv2, OSPF) and EGP (EGP, BGP incl. v4). It is more configurable but its
configuration is more complicated.

If you do only RIP, I guess you could stay with routed (especially if
you're running CURRENT).

GateD, after the initial setup, is easy to manage.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT   -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TIS -=-   Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr
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