Real world OSPF design dilemma (Longish) [7:16341]

2001-08-16 Thread Bob Timmons
Greetings all, We're converting our 3Com router world to Cisco soon and I have a question regarding the OSPF design. I'm including a link to a JPG in case anyone wants to add their 2 cents. You can see it at: http://members.tripod.com/~bobtimmons/network-1.jpg This is a somewhat simplistic vi

Re: Real world OSPF design dilemma (Longish) [7:16341]

2001-08-17 Thread Peter Van Oene
I'm not sure where you got the idea that one big area zero is a bad thing? In this case, I would highly recommend it. This is a pretty small network and I really don't see the benefit of adding hierarchy to it from a multi-area perspective. Keep in mind that the more you segment an OSPF area in

Re: Real world OSPF design dilemma (Longish) [7:16341]

2001-08-17 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
>I'm not sure where you got the idea that one big area zero is a bad thing? Me, as one example. But let me make an important distinction, borrowing from George Orwell Four legs good One big area not necessarily bad Two legs bad One big area zero bad If y

Re: Real world OSPF design dilemma (Longish) [7:16341]

2001-08-17 Thread Peter Van Oene
I should have limited that to one big area vs one big area 0. I'm all for single areas when they suit, but I agree that using a non zero area can have some benefits. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 8/17/2001 at 10:24 AM Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: >>I'm not sure where you got the id

Re: Real world OSPF design dilemma (Longish) [7:16341]

2001-08-20 Thread Bob Timmons
Thanks for the input. We did the upgrade this weekend and all went well. Bob > I should have limited that to one big area vs one big area 0. I'm all for > single areas when they suit, but I agree that using a non zero area can have > some benefits. > > *** REPLY SEPARATOR ***