Vyatta

Vyatta

Is an open source routing IOS that you may use to create your own router. We used this software to turn a typical household PC into a router.

Simple Installation

The first thing you need to do is to go to the website Vyatta.org. You then need to go to the Downloads Section and find the iso file. Once you have the file on your computer you need to burn the iso image to a CD using ISO Image Burning software. Then place the CD in your CD bay and restart the computer with boot from CD enabled in BIOS.

Once you get into the Vyatta Options the first thing you will need to do is type install-system at the vyatta:~# command prompt.

vyatta:~# install-system

It will then ask you some questions about the installation process. Read carefully and answer the questions. It will partition your HDD with a selected size from your input. It will ask you some questions that have default options that you can hit the enter button to use the default options.

Commands

Vyatta does not support short hand abbreviations of the commands like cisco routers do. You also have to use the commit command after every command for it to become in effect.

Cisco Command	Vyatta Command
Configure Terminal	configure
(config)hostname Name	(configuration)set system host-name Name
(config)line con 0 (enter)password password	(configuration)set system login user name authentication plaintext-password password
(config)interface fa0/0 (Enter) (config-int)ip address (ip address) (subnet)	(configure)Set interfaces Ethernet eth0 address (ip address)/Subnet
(config)router rip (enter) version 2	(configure)set protocols rip interface ethernet ethx
(config-router)network ip-address	(configure)set protocols rip network ip-address
(config-router)passive-interface Fa0/0	(configure)set protocols rip passive-interface ethernet ethx