Hi Marvin, That make sense. I think it would be very difficult for any CCIE candidate to pass CCIE without asking some clarification questions to proctor.
Thanks Suresh On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Marvin Greenlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "situational awareness" - 'awareness of the situation', knowledge and > awareness of the environment. > > For the scope of the lab, beyond the task itself, you should be aware of > what section you are in and what you are asked to do. > > Since this task is specifically in the BGP section, the conclusion that > should be drawn is that this is referring specifically to BGP, not OSPF to > OSPF information. Asking the proctor for clarification would be > recommended, if you are unsure is always recommended. > > Had this section been under OSPF, then possibly filtering between the two > routers would be the direction to take. > > Marvin Greenlee, CCIE #12237 (R&S, SP, Sec) > Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc. > Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 > Fax: +1.810.454.0130 > Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Progress or excuses, which one are you making? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Suresh Mishra > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:56 PM > To: OSL CCIE Routing and Switching Lab Exam > Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] VOL2-LAB9-task-4.2 > > Hell all, > > In this section R2 is redistributing OSPF into BGP and is advertising > it to R6. At the same time, R2 and R6 are ospf neighbors and are > advertising ospf routes to each other. Now there is a question in > this section that reads as follows. > > "R6 should not receive any routes from R2 that are from the ospf > domain. No network statements are allowed.". > > After reading this question, I used "ip ospf database" filter command > and filtered all the LSA's that were send to R6 from R2 as I was not > allowed to use network statement that would allow me to disable OSPF > on the interface. > > However, P.G uses a solution where it filtered OSPF routes that were > redistributed into BGP. I think this question wants us to not have the > ospf routes propagated to the OSPF neighbors via BGP routes. > > I think this question needs one simple modification. Instead of saying > "any ospf routes" that includes OSPF routes only (as per the English > language understanding), Instead it should say BGP routes. That means > it should read something like this. > > "R6 should not receive any BGP routes from R2 that are from the ospf > domain. No network statements are allowed" > > > I know there will always be a language issue with CCIE. But I think > making something difficult by using a language twist makes it more > confusing than technically challenging. > > > > Thanks > Suresh > >
