[comp.dcom.sys.cisco] Debugging routing problems

RAF@CU.NIH.GOV (Roger Fajman) (10/01/90)

Here's a few suggestions for enhancements that I think would help
in figuring out routing problems:

DEBUG IP-ROUTING net-number

   Only routing changes for the specified network number would be
   displayed.  For subnetted networks it would be helpful to be
   able to specify either a single subnet or the entire network.

DEBUG IP-ROUTING DEFAULT

   Same as above, but for the default route.

DEBUG routing-process [net-number] [INTERFACE interface-name] [IN|OUT]

   If a network number is used, only incoming and outgoing routing
   information for the specified network or subnet would be displayed.

   If IN or OUT is specified, only incoming or outgoing routing
   information would be displayed.

   If an interface is specified, the information display would be
   limited to that interface only.

DEBUG routing-process DEFAULT [IN|OUT] [INTERFACE interface-name]

   Same as above, but for the default route.

With 1500-1600 routes coming in from SURAnet, DEBUG RIP just floods the
console without accomplishing much that's useful.  DEBUG IP-ROUTING
doesn't tell me what's going on unless the routes are changing and even
then it shows me a lot of changes that I'm not interested in.

We had a problem with the default route recently (including a bug in
the cisco software) and it would have helped a lot if SHOW IP ROUTES
gave the same information about the source of the default route that it
does for other routes.

Has anyone else noticed that in 8.1(19) DEBUG IP-ROUTING displays XNS
RIP changes too?  Seems like a bug.

Thanks to cisco, by the way, for implementing the TRACE command in 8.1.
It's very nice.