hi ...
i m trying to configure my linux system as router by putting 2 ethernet cards on it and using zebra 0.97
but i m having difficulty in configuration of it.
can any body help me ?

well probably, yes. but we can't just tell you how to configure somethign as potentially complex as zebra. if you have a probelm you can specifically define, with a good amount of detail, i'm sure someone can.

i tried to configure it on redhat el4 , i made the zebra.conf file as i saw in some of the tutors, but those tutors that i referred to was for zebra 0.93 n i m having zebra 0.97 , when ever i start zebra
it fails after password authentication
i am new to deal with this, so please help me
what should i do ?
thanks in advance

you should give us useful logs and debugs not just say "it fails"... what fails???

i have configured the zebra.conf & vtysh.conf in following way
& i am putting the error messages which i am getting while trying t o connect it

zebra.conf
! Zebra configuration saved from vty
! 2007/05/14 10:41:32
!
hostname localhost.localdomain
password rot123
enable password rot123
!
interface eth0
ipv6 nd suppress-ra
!
interface eth1
ipv6 nd suppress-ra
!
interface lo
!
interface sit0
ipv6 nd suppress-ra
!
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 203.181.89.241
!
!
line vty
!


vtysh.conf

! Sample configuration file for vtysh.
!
!service integrated-vtysh-conf
!hostname quagga-router
!username root root123
!


[root@localhost ~]# telnet 127.0.0.1 2601
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.

Hello, this is Quagga (version 0.97.0).
Copyright 1996-2004 Kunihiro Ishiguro, et al.


User Access Verification

Password:
Vty connection is timed out.
Connection closed by foreign host.


do tell me if any more configuration is required to be done
please help me