RE: IP config to assist in troubleshooting

From: Ekis, Joel (Joel.Ekis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Apr 27 1999 - 09:51:09 GMT-3


   
I hesitate to say 'always' since the industrious individual can find the
exception. However, it usually is a good idea to make use of the loopback
interface in OSPF and DLSW configurations. This will lend stability to your
network design.

Joel Ekis, CCNA, CCDA
Xerox Connect
Sr. Enterprise Consultant/Enterprise Network Services
Phone: 913-696-0888, x234
Pager: 800-697-0359
joel.ekis@connect.xerox.com <mailto:joel.ekis@connect.xerox.com>

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Derek Fage [SMTP:Derekf@itexjsy.com]
        Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 3:01 AM
        To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
        Subject: IP config to assist in troubleshooting

        Hi there,

        I was looking at the troubleshooting scenarios currently on
www.ccieprep.com
        and have a question for the group.

        One of the scenarios was with OSPF and a virtual link that is no
longer
        working after lunch. It turns out that what happens is that one of
the
        routers has been rebooted which caused the router id to change. This
was
        becuase the router id was set when OSPF was started, and then
another
        interface was configured for IP with a higher address so that this
became
        the router-id when the router was rebooted.

        My question is regarding how to assign IP addresses when initially
        configuring the lab. Is it better to configure loopback addresses to
stop
        this sort of thing happening ?

        Derek...
        
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