Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother))

[Jim Dixon <jdd () vbc net>]

On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Scott Mace wrote:

> > - I have 'gdc dump' in gated, and this dump answers to all my question.
> > Where is this command in IOS? How can I determine if Network-A is
> > redistribute from STATIC to RIP (or OSPF) and is it anounced to
> > the neighbour D?
>
> Its fun doing this on a gated box that is default free. ;-) 

Agreed.  It takes a long time.
 
> Before the advent of gii you had to do a dump to get the information
> contained in sh ip bgp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
>
> Gated IMO is a good thing.  The problem is the OS/hardware that it
> runs on top of.  I would dred having to install something that needs
> a hard drive to route packets in a light-out POP.  

You don't need a hard drive.  Use some of the money you saved by not
buying C***o to buy lots of DRAM.  Boot from floppy.

Or even buy a flash-based hard drive emulator.  Or combine the two 
solutions.

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