RE: OSPF - Cool + an area question [7:11861]
from a coolness perspective, I agree! I just got my lab going for the first time, configured basic eigrp and started looking at what is going on. It's fun! Symon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ole Drews Jensen Sent: 11 July 2001 03:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OSPF - Cool + an area question [7:11861] This is cool! I just love to read about a lot of boring stuff in a book, sit down and try it, and then find out that everything I just read was actually true, and that it makes perfect sense. I just took three of my routers and one by one enabled OSPF on one interface at a time, and after each configuration, I went ahead and did a 'show ip ospf int' to see what actually was going on, and was happy to see that it was what I had expected to happen, because I had just read about it in my book. That's the fun part of studying - I wish that would have been the same case with all the M$ stuff I studied years ago :-( Anyway, I do have one OSPF question to those of you who have been out there messing with it many times: What's the most common/practical method when designing the OSPF network. Is it to give the area a single decimal value (n), or one that matches and/or looks like an IP address (a.b.c.d), which could be the same as the network? Also, what method does Cisco prefer if any over the other? Thanks for comments on this, Ole Ole Drews Jensen Systems Network Manager CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I RWR Enterprises, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oledrews.com/ccnp NEED A JOB ??? http://www.oledrews.com/job Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=12382t=11861 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: OSPF - Cool + an area question [7:11861]
Most people that I know (including Microsoft's Routing Lab scenario) just use a single number. Starting with Area 0, then Area 1, Area 2 -Original Message- From: Ole Drews Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 07:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OSPF - Cool + an area question [7:11861] This is cool! I just love to read about a lot of boring stuff in a book, sit down and try it, and then find out that everything I just read was actually true, and that it makes perfect sense. I just took three of my routers and one by one enabled OSPF on one interface at a time, and after each configuration, I went ahead and did a 'show ip ospf int' to see what actually was going on, and was happy to see that it was what I had expected to happen, because I had just read about it in my book. That's the fun part of studying - I wish that would have been the same case with all the M$ stuff I studied years ago :-( Anyway, I do have one OSPF question to those of you who have been out there messing with it many times: What's the most common/practical method when designing the OSPF network. Is it to give the area a single decimal value (n), or one that matches and/or looks like an IP address (a.b.c.d), which could be the same as the network? Also, what method does Cisco prefer if any over the other? Thanks for comments on this, Ole Ole Drews Jensen Systems Network Manager CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I RWR Enterprises, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oledrews.com/ccnp NEED A JOB ??? http://www.oledrews.com/job Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=11867t=11861 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OSPF - Cool + an area question [7:11861]
Ole, In my lab, I generally use simple, single decimal values. However, in a production environment you may wish to use the dotted-quad form if you want to want to represent meaningful data withing the area ID. As an example consider the ospf-numbering format for RutgersU: http://runet2000i.rutgers.edu/docs/ospf-numbering-main.html And you're right; OSPF is cool! Who has more fun than we do? Dave Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=11869t=11861 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OSPF - Cool + an area question [7:11861]
Anyway, I do have one OSPF question to those of you who have been out there messing with it many times: What's the most common/practical method when designing the OSPF network. Is it to give the area a single decimal value (n), or one that matches and/or looks like an IP address (a.b.c.d), which could be the same as the network? Use the four-octet format. If you get into multivendor OSPF networks, different implementations may interpret area 1 differently. Area 0.0.0.1 is unambiguous. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=11881t=11861 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
