21 Aug
2013
21 Aug
'13
12:23 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 4:10 AM, YT9TP Pedja <yt9tp(a)uzice.net> wrote:
One correction. You are not using just Mikrotik, but Mikrotik + Linux
machine that fills it in with settings.
Appropriate solution I was talking about is using Mikrotik alone. If I have
to set up Linux machine just to fill in Mikrotik settings that is something
basically wrong with that requirement from my point of view.
That is why I suggested that, as that Python script runs fine and produces
fine results, it could be good idea to run it on ampr.org site to create
script file that sets up IPIP interfaces and routing, so we can download
that script using Mikrotik device and run it within Mikrotik device to set
up all things properly without need to set up external Linux machine to do
the job.
I asked few times if anyone is using Mikrotik and is willing to export IPIP
interface and routing settings to sent it to me to examine and see how this
can be used in general. Noone responded.
The script relies on reading your router's configuration to determine
what needs to be updated. If someone provided a static script, every
time you ran the script it would create 300+ IPIP interfaces, and
there would be no mechanism for deleting orphaned interfaces and
routes. One of the parameters to create the IPIP interface is your
local IP, so simply exporting someone else's configuration isn't going
to work either. It is critical that the script interacts with your
router.
You could implement this in something other than Python if you want,
like Mikrotik's native scripting language. I'm not very familiar with
Mikrotik's scripting language so I was not able to implement this
myself. I chose Python because I knew I could get it working quickly
and move on to something else.
I don't see occasional reliance on an external Linux server to be a
problem. AMPR routes do not change very often. If the Linux server
goes down for a few days the worst that is going to happen is you
might have a few routes go stale. To improve reliability, you could
run the Linux server on the same network as the Mikrotik router. You
could even run the Python script from Openwrt in a MetaROUTER running
on your primary Mikrotik router.
There are so many options here that simply asking someone else to do
it for you is not appropriate. Go forth and experiment!
Tom KD7LXL