http://www.mrtd.net seems to have a very robust routing daemon for linux (even does BGP). Implementing OSPF with it looks fairly straightforward also. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Nate Carlson [mailto:natecars at real-time.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:58 AM > To: tcwug-list at tcwug.org > Subject: RE: [TCWUG] Article on building a wireless freenet > > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Austad, Jay wrote: > > I'm thinking either IPSec (Freeswan), or CIPE between access points > > for encryption. Freeswan would probably be best because it > will work > > with other IPSec implementations. With CIPE, I think you are stuck > > connecting to only other CIPE boxes. > > Thing I like about Freeswan is that you can also set up > Windows boxes to authenticate against it. > > One of our clients is going to be doing a 2mi wireless link > between two buildings, running an IPSec gateway on each end > doing encryption over the link.. they may also end up wanting > wireless clients within the building(s), if they do, it'll be > simple to generate a X.509 cert for each of the clients, and > have them authenticate to the freeswan box before they get > anywhere. :) > > I guess you havne't actually implemented any of this yet? It > sounded like you had. :( > > > As for routing, we can run OSPF on each node and broadcast > a default > > route in from each internet connection point. Anyone on > the network > > will be routed out the closest internet connection. However, BGP > > would be the way to go. We don't need to broadcast any > routes, just > > pull them down from a router just outside each internet > connection. > > Most use authentication, however, MANY also have public snmp > > communities, and you can pull the table via snmp, however, > getting it > > into your local routing table might be a problem. > Initially, OSPF and > > injecting default routes is probably the best solution. > > You happen to have any links to OSPF under Linux (Zebra, or > something else?)? Never played with it.. haven't actually > really searched OSPF all that much, should do that one of > these days. :) > > -- > Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-> time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list >