RE: OSPF question - discontiguous areas

2000-08-15 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
>Let me state first of al that I do not know the genesis of this question. It >originated on another news group, and there were a number of responses that >stated "use virtual links" There is no general solution to solving partitioned nonzero areas in OSPF. That being said, there are some hacks

RE: OSPF question - discontiguous areas

2000-08-15 Thread Chuck Larrieu
Let me state first of al that I do not know the genesis of this question. It originated on another news group, and there were a number of responses that stated "use virtual links" I thought about the implication of the question, and asked myself "in OSPF, do areas have to have unique numbers?" T

RE: OSPF question - discontiguous areas

2000-08-15 Thread Kuldip Singh
Title: RE: OSPF question - discontiguous areas Is this can be fixed changing one of the Area_2 to another area such as Area_3? -Singh -Original Message- From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 9:52 PM To: Cisco Mail List Subject: OSPF question

Re: OSPF question - discontiguous areas

2000-08-15 Thread Alexander Pozdnjakov
Hi! Change one of the area number from 2 to something else expect 0. > This question came up on another list. I thought I would repeat it here, and > see what kind of discussion it engenders. > > Question: how does one repair a discontiguous OSPF area? > > e.g. Area_2-Area_0-

RE: OSPF question - discontiguous areas

2000-08-15 Thread dacarl4
Would the answer be "use a virtual link"? Just guessing. David -Original Message- From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 11:52 PM To: Cisco Mail List Subject:OSPF question - discontiguous areas This question came up on anothe

Re: OSPF question - discontiguous areas

2000-08-15 Thread Brian
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Chuck Larrieu wrote: > This question came up on another list. I thought I would repeat it here, and > see what kind of discussion it engenders. > > Question: how does one repair a discontiguous OSPF area? > > e.g. Area_2-Area_0---Area_2 > I would i

Re: OSPF question - discontiguous areas

2000-08-14 Thread Troy C
Right off the bat, I would say change one of the areas to Area 51 and be done with it. ;-) It is typically not hard to change the area. _ESPECIALLY_ with the fact it is already attached to the Backbone! My understanding, and a quick search at my 2nd favorite search engine, only showed virtual-l