Setting up a linux box as a router?

[Gorgonzola]

if you setup a computer as a router, do you control the configuration via a program, or can you use it like a real router by telneting to it and using the CLI ?

i am doing the CCNA course, and it would be much easier if i could practice routing stuff at home, instead of at school.

 

[midnightrat]

i'm just starting to play with Freesco, looks like they have it set up so that you can telnet into it as well as any old browser.

 

[nexus9]

You might want to take a look at www.linuxrouter.org. I haven't used this personally (yet. it's on my to-do list). Looks like it's command line driven.

-Nexus9

 

[Gorgonzola]

thanks, i'll have a look.

 

[Gorgonzola]

thanks nexus, i'll check that out too.

 

[CollegeGuy]

One thing to keep in mind is that any routing software you use in Linux will look completely different than the Cisco IOS.

 

[Gorgonzola]

CollegeGuy, yeh thats one of the things i was worried about. i was hoping someone might know of one that is as close to the cisco IOS as possible (in appearance and operation).

 

[Almighty1]

Collegeguy, that's not entirely true... You can make a router with FreeBSD or Linux using Zebra for the routing software which has a Cisco style interface and can do BGP4, OSPF, RIP, etc... Check out www.zebra.org

 

[Gorgonzola]

thanks Almighty1, Zebra looks the most promising so far.

now i just gotta get me an old crappy computer to run it on.