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2001-05-31 Thread Hire, Ejay
Would Moving one of the AREA 1 Routers into (a new area) Area2 Fix this? -Original Message- From: Michael L. Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 6:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Good call I was going

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2001-05-31 Thread Kevin Schwantz
around with the costs to do asymmetrical routing. -Original Message- From: Hire, Ejay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:02 PM To: Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Would Moving one of the AREA 1 Routers into (a new area) Area2 Fix this? -

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2001-05-31 Thread Peter Van Oene
o:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:02 PM To: Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Would Moving one of the AREA 1 Routers into (a new area) Area2 Fix this? -Original Message- From: Michael L. Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001

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2001-05-31 Thread W. Alan Robertson
I am not very sure but I believe OSPF will prefer Intra-Area routes despite having an alternate path that seemingly has a lower cost. Please correct me if I am wrong. Could this be an administrative distance thing? Kevin, just for clarification, what you are describing has nothing to do with

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2001-05-31 Thread Essame, Giles
] Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] As you are likely aware, running TE over area borders isn't an available option these days due to the loss of traffic engineering info at those borders. Hence, migrating to a single area might enhance your ability to engineer traffic in your

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2001-05-30 Thread Peter I. Slow
Van Oene To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] As Alan correctly points out, path cost is irrelevant in this case as intra area routers will be preferred over inter. We tend to think that a small network could not be better served

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2001-05-30 Thread Michael L. Williams
nterarea traffic must traverse the backbone rule, because R2 *is* a backbone router. This is not theory... It is fact. Alan - Original Message - From: Andrew Larkins To: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:13 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] agr

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2001-05-30 Thread Peter I. Slow
OR you could switch the 1 and the 0 in your diagram and have a properly designed network! -peter slow, CCNBlah - Original Message - From: Michael L. Williams To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:59 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Hey Chuck.. I just thought

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2001-05-30 Thread EA Louie
Read carefully - routerA and routerB both have interfaces in Area0 and Area1, which makes them both ABRs -e- - Original Message - From: Michael L. Williams To: Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 9:01 AM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Wait a second.. where

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2001-05-30 Thread Michael L. Williams
ichael L. Williams To: Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 9:01 AM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Wait a second.. where are the ABRs?How can a router that communicates routes from one OSPF area to another not be an ABR? Am I missing something? Mike W. Kevin

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2001-05-29 Thread Kevin Schwantz
by R2. This satisfies the Interarea traffic must traverse the backbone rule, because R2 *is* a backbone router. This is not theory... It is fact. Alan - Original Message - From: Andrew Larkins To: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:13 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076]

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2001-05-29 Thread Chris Larson
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] routerArouterB AREA0AREA0 || routerC routerD AREA1-AREA1 Since we are on the topic of OSPF, could

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2001-05-29 Thread Chuck Larrieu
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kevin Schwantz Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] routerArouterB AREA0AREA0

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
ject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] agreedto area 0 then on to the intended area -Original Message- From: Circusnuts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 May 2001 15:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] C

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2001-05-29 Thread EA Louie
... or route-map the router D network(s) to go through Router B at Router A - Original Message - From: Chris Larson To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:24 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Place a summary route to null 0 for the networks on Router D on your OSPF

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
next time you recomend using bgp to fix an IGP problem, im going to.., well, uh, just dont do it again. - Original Message - From: Chuck Larrieu To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:38 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Run BGP on all routers and manipulate

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2001-05-29 Thread Kevin Schwantz
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... ... or route-map the router D network(s) to go through Router B at Router A - Original Message - From: Chris Larson To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:24 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Place a summary route to null 0 for the

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2001-05-29 Thread Kevin Schwantz
: Andrew Larkins To: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:13 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] agreedto area 0 then on to the intended area -Original Message- From: Circusnuts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 May 2001 15:50 To: [EMAIL PROTEC

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2001-05-29 Thread David Chandler
etwork(s) to go through Router B at Router A - Original Message - From: Chris Larson To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:24 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Place a summary route to null 0 for the networks on Router D on your OSPF routers and set the

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2001-05-29 Thread James Haynes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]... ... or route-map the router D network(s) to go through Router B at Router A - Original Message - From: Chris Larson To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:24 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Place a summary route to null 0

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2001-05-29 Thread Kevin Schwantz
ough Router B at Router A - Original Message - From: Chris Larson To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:24 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Place a summary route to null 0 for the networks on Router D on your OSPF routers and set t

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2001-05-29 Thread Hire, Ejay
: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Thanks for the recommendations. Firstly, let me explain why I need the routing to behave in such a way. The reasons are purely geographical and I want to reduce latency. Routers A and B are in London and connected back to back via FastEth. Routers C and D

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2001-05-29 Thread W. Alan Robertson
. In the absence of more information, the use of BGP sounds like a pretty good solution to the given problem. Alan - Original Message - From: Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:29 AM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] next time you

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
, and BGP int routes are 200 (right?) - Original Message - From: W. Alan Robertson To: Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist ; Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Peter, With all due respect, he doesn't have an IGP problem... He

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
:(646) 792.2396 - Original Message - From: David Chandler To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Have you tried an inboud distribution list on Router A's area 1 interfaces. If router A doesn't learn the Router D routes thru those

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
- Original Message - From: W. Alan Robertson To: Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist ; Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Peter, With all due respect, he doesn't have an IGP problem... He has a routing problem, and would like

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
- Original Message - From: Kevin Schwantz To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:50 AM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Peter, Thanks for your input. I hope my description of the geographical topology in another post should point out why I want my traffic to route in the manner I

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
Planetary Networks 535 West 34th Street New York, NY 10001 Cell:(516) 782.1535 Desk: (646) 792.2395 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(646) 792.2396 - Original Message - From: Kevin Schwantz To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Thanks

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2001-05-29 Thread W. Alan Robertson
solution. Alan - Original Message - From: Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist To: W. Alan Robertson ; Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Absolutely, but he has traffic going from one router to another, it's not ever exiting

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2001-05-29 Thread W. Alan Robertson
What about the fact that OSPF will install an Intra-area route over and Inter-area route regardless of cost? :) - Original Message - From: Hire, Ejay To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:46 PM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Okay, based on all of the information

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2001-05-29 Thread David Chandler
]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... ... or route-map the router D network(s) to go through Router B at Router A - Original Message - From: Chris Larson To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:24 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076]

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2001-05-29 Thread Kane, Christopher A.
, May 29, 2001 1:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Absolutely, but he has traffic going from one router to another, it's not ever exiting the system. ...why would you want to break up an AS that small into two seperate private ASes? besides... the OSPF

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2001-05-29 Thread Stephen Skinner
going to get around this ... steve From: Kevin Schwantz Reply-To: Kevin Schwantz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 12:18:33 -0400 Thats a good point James. Distribution lists are too restrictive and not very scalable

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist
; Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 1:39 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Peter, OSPF has a distance of 110, and yes, iBGP has a distance of 200. By having seperate routing domains for North America and Europe, he could use eBGP (Distance - 20) between his two networks

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2001-05-29 Thread EA Louie
: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Peter, OSPF has a distance of 110, and yes, iBGP has a distance of 200. By having seperate routing domains for North America and Europe, he could use eBGP (Distance - 20) between his two networks. Distance wouldn't really do anything in this case

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2001-05-29 Thread W. Alan Robertson
I have not yet begun to tizzy! ;) - Original Message - From: Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist To: W. Alan Robertson ; Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 2:16 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] ...don't get all in a tizzy, i recognize that you have a good idea. I

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter Van Oene
m: Chris Larson To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:24 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Place a summary route to null 0 for the networks on Router D on your OSPF routers and set the metrics appropriately for the summary route -Original Message- From

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter Van Oene
, not that the admin dist. cant be changed, but ospf is 120, and BGP int routes are 200 (right?) - Original Message - From: W. Alan Robertson To: Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist ; Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Peter

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2001-05-29 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
ALL RIGHT, LOOK! The OSPF domain probably isn't big enough to demand multiple areas anyway, so just put ALL 4 of the routers in AREA 0, make the matching costs of the common interfaces on RTR A and RTR B lower, and be done with it! Please! Nothing wrong with having a single-area OSPF network,

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2001-05-29 Thread Michael L. Williams
matching costs of the common interfaces on RTR A and RTR B lower, and be done with it! ;-) To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:52 AM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Peter, OSPF has a distance of 110, and yes, iBGP has a distance of 200. By having seperate routing

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2001-05-29 Thread Michael L. Williams
s a good solution. Alan - Original Message - From: Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist To: W. Alan Robertson ; Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Absolutely, but he has traffic going from one router to another, it's not ever

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2001-05-29 Thread Peter I. Slow
/me swallows his pride and seconds the motion. -Peter Slow, CCNBlah - Original Message - From: Michael L. Williams To: Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] I would have to agree...Given that there are 2 European sites and 2

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2001-05-29 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
Message - From: Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist To: W. Alan Robertson ; Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Absolutely, but he has traffic going from one router to another, it's not ever exiting the system. ...why w

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2001-05-29 Thread Michael L. Williams
Hey Chuck.. I just thought of something. you only need 2 routers to have 3 OSPF Areas in your diagram you show a router inside each OSPF area, however, OSPF routers (at least in my understanding and most Cisco Press book diagrams) are either totally inside an area (all interfaces

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2001-05-28 Thread Circusnuts
? Try This One [7:6076] Ever wonder what the CCIE candidates talk about on the CCIE list? The following message came through today. I thought the bright folks on this list might be curious, and might want to venture an answer. Begin original question: Guys, I wonder if there is anybody who

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2001-05-28 Thread Andrew Larkins
agreedto area 0 then on to the intended area -Original Message- From: Circusnuts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 May 2001 15:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Chuck- my answer is Yes. The traffic from the Virtual Linked psuedo-ABR

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2001-05-28 Thread W. Alan Robertson
by R2. This satisfies the Interarea traffic must traverse the backbone rule, because R2 *is* a backbone router. This is not theory... It is fact. Alan - Original Message - From: Andrew Larkins To: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:13 AM Subject: RE: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076

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2001-05-27 Thread Chuck Larrieu
Ever wonder what the CCIE candidates talk about on the CCIE list? The following message came through today. I thought the bright folks on this list might be curious, and might want to venture an answer. Begin original question: Guys, I wonder if there is anybody who remembers the discussion

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2001-05-27 Thread W. Alan Robertson
- Original Message - From: Chuck Larrieu To: Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 8:59 PM Subject: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076] Ever wonder what the CCIE candidates talk about on the CCIE list? The following message came through today. I thought the bright folks on this list might