Tom, Congratulations, it appears that you hit the nail right on the head. Router ID was not an issue - I just failed to show you the loopback interfaces. The issue was apparently network type. As soon as I hard-set R2s network type to point-to-multipoint (it was, as you correctly pointed out, non-broadcast by default), the virtual link came up. What I now don't understand is why I had a full neighbor relationship before I changed the network type. Shouldn't the mismatch have caused my neighbor relationship to be affected?
Thanks for the tip! Kevin Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=69730&t=69640 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

