OSPF E1 or E2 [7:58454]

2002-12-03 Thread p b
One of the cisco press books indicates one should use type 1 externals when the route is being advertised by 1 ASBR and type 2 externals when there's a single ASBR. Are there any issues if one uses type 1 external even when the route is being advertised by a single ASBR? It would seem useful,

Re: OSPF E1 or E2 [7:58454]

2002-12-03 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
At 5:00 PM + 12/3/02, p b wrote: One of the cisco press books indicates one should use type 1 externals when the route is being advertised by 1 ASBR and type 2 externals when there's a single ASBR. This is just plain wrong. The reason you have E1 and E2 is to have different routing policies.

Re: OSPF E1 or E2 [7:58454]

2002-12-03 Thread p b
Comments inline: Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: At 5:00 PM + 12/3/02, p b wrote: One of the cisco press books indicates one should use type 1 externals when the route is being advertised by 1 ASBR and type 2 externals when there's a single ASBR. This is just plain wrong. The reason you

Re: OSPF E1 or E2 [7:58454]

2002-12-03 Thread Peter van Oene
Some thoughts below On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 13:26, p b wrote: Comments inline: Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: At 5:00 PM + 12/3/02, p b wrote: One of the cisco press books indicates one should use type 1 externals when the route is being advertised by 1 ASBR and type 2 externals when

Re: OSPF E1 or E2 [7:58454]

2002-12-03 Thread p b
Sorry. Wasn't trying to suggest Howard was wrong, just providing the source of where I read the information. Everything Howard mentions makes sense. But when there's a single ASBR, it seems that there's no difference in E1 or E2 other than E1 give ya the cost to the external for free. I'm