An article at IBM's developerWorks claims that the open source project Zebra offers a competent substitute for dedicated Cisco routers. It shows how a group of developers set up Zebra and used it to manage routes dynamically in conjunction with real Cisco hardware.

Zebra can handle routing protocols such as Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and all of their various flavors, offering features similar to those found in Cisco's Internet Operating System (IOS), according to the article. The article is outlined as follows:

• Installing Zebra
  • Basic Zebra configuration
  • Configuring and using Multi-Router Looking Glass (MRLG)

• Basic lab configuration
  • Setting up the interfaces with Zebra
  • Setting up RIP routing with Zebra
  • Setting up RIP routing on the Cisco routers
  • Propagated routes with RIP

• Setting up OSPF routing with Zebra
  • Setting up OSPF on the Cisco routers
  • Propagated routes with OSPF

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