[Csci551-talk] Config File for Router with multiple responsible address spaces

[John Heidemann]

On Fri, 07 May 2004 23:48:15 PDT, rahul pilani wrote: 
>Hi,
>I was going through my configuration file and noticed something.
>For Project B.. a router can be responsible for multiple routes right?
>
>So how will this be done in the configuration file??.. 
>it seems that we are currently parsing directly.. with 1st route going to router 1, 2nd going to router 2 etc. Will this change the Config File fomat also?.. 
>below is an example of the current way, responsible routes are being assidned. Please indicate if this way is still valid for Project B.
>
>
>.....
># addresses and masks for each internal router, in order
># in the form a.b.c.d e where e is the prefix length.
># last entry is 0.0.0.0 0
># The first line is for router 1, 2nd for router 2, etc.
>10.1.0.0 16
>10.2.0.0 16
>192.168.123.0 24
>192.168.101.0 24
>192.168.200.128 25
>0.0.0.0 0
># external routes needed for policy routing
>...
>...
>
>Thanks,
>Rahul Pilani

Having one router support multiple internal routes would require a
config file change.  I don't know of any discussion of that
capability or changing the config file.

   -John Heidemann