Hey Marc, Like Bryan was saying, what you will have is two default routes coming in. What you do / which one you choose depends on the metrics. If the metrics are equal you will do equal-cost load-balancing. If they are not equal, you will prefer the path with the best metric.
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:06 PM, marc abel <[email protected]> wrote: > I do plan to lab it in my next session. I wanted to ask while it was > fresh on my mind as it just occurred to me today that this was a hole > in my understanding of OSPF. > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Bryan Bartik <[email protected]> wrote: >> Marc, >> >> Why don't you lab this? :) If you have two defaults, the shortest one is >> chosen. Any time you use default routing or summarization the possibility >> exists for less than optimal routing. I am sure there are several scenarios >> you can come up with, but yes by turning a stubby area into a totally >> stubby-area you can cause a "longer" path to be chosen. >> >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:48 PM, marc abel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Suppose area 1 is attached to area 0 by two links. If it is a stub it >>> would still route out the best link for things inside area 0 correct? >>> But what happens when we make it totally stubby? Will we receive two >>> default routes and load balance between them? Would the behavior be >>> the same for totally NSSA? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >>> visit www.ipexpert.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Bryan Bartik >> CCIE #23707 (R&S, SP), CCNP >> Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc. >> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com >> > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > -- Regards, Joe Astorino CCIE #24347 (R&S) Sr. Technical Instructor - IPexpert Mailto: [email protected] Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Live Assistance, Please visit: www.ipexpert.com/chat eFax: +1.810.454.0130 IPexpert is a premier provider of Classroom and Self-Study Cisco CCNA (R&S, Voice & Security), CCNP, CCVP, CCSP and CCIE (R&S, Voice, Security & Service Provider) Certification Training with locations throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. Be sure to check out our online communities at www.ipexpert.com/communities and our public website at www.ipexpert.com _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
