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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yesterday I sent out a message inquiring about a
method to inject BGP routes into a lab network. Here is a follow-up
message on what I learned. Thanks to everyone that replied.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are several methods to inject synthetic
routes into a lab network.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. MRT (Multi-Threaded Routing
Toolkit) is a sweet of tools that allow you to perform several different
functions with BGP. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> a. MRTd - an IPv4/IPv6
routing daemon</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> b. SBGP - a BGP
speaker and listener, no policy routing, etc...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> c. BGPsim - a BGP
simulator used to inject instability into the BGP network</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> d. route_atob - converts
ASCII messages to MRT format</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> e. route_btoa - converts
binary MRT messages to ASCII format</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Check it out at <A
href="http://www.mrtd.net">www.mrtd.net</A>. You can get a BGP table
(sh ip bgp) from a route server and format it for use with MRT. Then
inject these routes with SBGP.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Smartbits using SmartFlow</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have not attempted either of these methods yet,
but </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>MRT seems like a fairly easy
solution.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perry</FONT></DIV>
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