Sure there is. Have you checked the solution in the DSG and in our videos? :-)
-- Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert FREE CCIE training: http://bit.ly/vLecture Mailto: [email protected] Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Web: http://www.ipexpert.com/ On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 09:25, Samir Idris <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > In the subjected question I am trying to peer between R1 and R5 and the > peering won't come up "because" they can't even ping each other. Now my > investigation is that in question 1.2 it is asked to use rapid-pvst on Cat 1 > and mst on Cat 2, Cat 3 and Cat 4. Cat 2 is the root for vlan 34 (the vlan > connecting R5 and R1) so is Cat 1. > > This is the connectivity (frame moving): > > R5 -> Cat3 -> Cat2 (MST ROOT) -> Cat1 -> R1 > > The frame would travel over Cat 3 to Cat 2 and if we I do sh span mst 0 ... > I don't see the trunk port going to Cat 1 as part of the spanning-tree hence > the failure in ping and ospf peering between R1 and R5. > > Question: > > Is there a way to make it work sticking to the guideline? Can someone > please answer? Thanks. > > Regards, > Samir Idris > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
