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["Jeffrey (Zhaohui) Zhang" <>]

Hi CS,

I snipped some text for clarity :-)


> > - On http://docs.freertr.org/guides/getting-started/001-hello-world/, 
> > "wget http://www.freertr.net/rtr.jar"; missed "sudo" at the beginning.
>
> :))) normally the rtr.jar, and then "java -jar rtr.jar routerc rtr-", 
> does _not_ needs sudo...

Silly me. Apparently, I did the "sudo mkdir /rtr", then somehow got 
distracted and did the rest either after the sudo effect timed out, or 
in another window :-)

> > - On 
> > http://docs.freertr.org/guides/getting-started/002-topology-example/, 
> > why is "/vrf" used in "r1#ping 1.1.1.2 /vrf v1"? I was really 
> > confused by the errors that I got, then I tried removing "/" from 
> > "/vrf" and it worked.
>
> For people not familiar with the CLI or the history it is very 
> confusing :-)
>
>
> > A big question:
> >
> > On freertr.net, there is a "wget freertr.org/install.sh ; sudo bash 
> > install.sh". It installs a lot of things and wipes out all my network 
> > configuration and I no longer have access to the outside world. On 
> > the other hand, on 
> > http://docs.freertr.org/guides/getting-started/001-hello-world/, the 
> > installation is very simple.
> >
> > What's the difference?
> you mentioned ubutnu, and that script is, yes, me... the initial text 
> in the install.sh reads like,
>
> debian-sid-only.... on ubuntu it will not work, i never tested, 
> blindly installs, etc... just dont!!!

Ah. As someone new to ubuntu, I did not know the difference betwee 
debian-sid-only and ubuntu other than that ubuntu is debian-related.

> if it ever worked out (i do not test at all only on debian, x86, i686, 
> arm64 with dpdk.org and
>
> _occassionaly_ on an intel-tofino1 asic, but only when a new feature 
> arrives!!!)
>
> if you still have the ubuntu vm, then you may can check the following 
> to recover;
>
> "telnet 10.255.255.254" from the console, to see if the jvm is alive, 
> and "sho interfa"
>
> to see if the packetio is working properly... as they shit different 
> glibc version
>
> compared to the latest/uplink-of-theirs debian-sid+experimental i bet 
> you that jvm
>
> is ok, however you have no a single packet from any detected interface 
> because
>
> misc/natives/pcapint.c is keeps restarting... "show proc external" 
> will tell
>
> you the rerun count column kept increasing on "display/watch/show proc 
> ext"


I tried 10.255.255.254 and somehow it was not working for me so I simply 
deleted the vm and created another one and did the "mget rtr.jar". At 
least the simple r1/r2/r3/r4 examples are working.

> > To do BIER testing between us, which installation method should I use?
> to a simple bier test, my best bet would be elinks freertr.org and 
> grab the x86-64.vmdk...
>
> thats a prebuilt, everything bundled, believed to boot to a serial 
> console like any highend router...

I'll give that a try. Or qcow2?

> if thats a nogo, please drop the ubuntu, and next-next-ok install a 
> debian.org iso... then
>
> sudo
>
> echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free 
> non-free-firmware
> deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free 
> non-free-firmware
> deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free 
> non-free-firmware
> deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib 
> non-free non-free-firmware
> " >> /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> reboot
>
> then the wget..... it must end up in a working vrouter installation 
> within your laptop....!!!!

wget rtr.jar?

> > More questions to come ... :-)
> im excited, its the _1st_ -->bier<-- this weekend 4 me we're preparing 
> to......
>
> thx in advance not giving up early... bier is... goood! im used to 
> that "poison"... :)))

I'm excited, too, even though it's a lot of learning on the VM stuff.

Thanks!

Jeffrey

> br,
>
> cs