It's not really the number of routers in Area 0 that is the big deal, it's
the amount of memory for area 0 that each router must support for all the
routes for your scenario. Are you planning on having a lot of stub routers?
Or do you want to equip all your routers with 128Mb+ worth of DRAM? <g>
Scott
>
> Group,
>
> We are trying to design an OSPF network for one of our clients who has about
> 300 routers.
> About 60 of them are in the Centeral Office, the rest of them are all
> remotes.
> We are thinking of put the 60 routers in the centeral into Area 0 and also
> put some of the remote ABRs into Area 0 too.
> The question for your experts out there is: in the largest OSPF network you
> have seen, how many routers are in Area 0?
> What is the maximun number of the routers in a non-backbone area?
> I know there are some deisign guides out there, but I just want to get an
> idea what you guys seeing in the real world.
>
> Any inputs will be helpful.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack
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