RE: Neighbor command Jeff Doyle Pg557-558

From: Chuah Eng Wee (chuahew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Jul 28 1999 - 22:11:26 GMT-3


   
In the CCIE lab exam, u will be asked to try out things that u don't
normally do.
OSPF with neighbor command is one of them unfortunately.

I don't understand how come the priority will change to 1 even after u have
set it.

Thanks
Eng Wee

At 21:00 28/07/99 -0400, Jason Aarons wrote:
>I just finished a 2 day OSPF course (onsite) from ARC/GNK in which the
>instructor (whom had a wealth of hands on) said everytime he had ever tried
>the neighbor command it has never worked.
>
>He suggested keeping frame-relay interfaces point-to-point or
>point-to-multipoint (in which they don't have a DR/BDR). He did give a
>strong argument for point-to-multipoint which I had never used before.
>
>Jason
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: "Richardson, Cheryl" <cheryl.richardson@lmco.com>
>Reply-To: "Richardson, Cheryl" <cheryl.richardson@lmco.com>
>I checked the config guide and it shows the default priority as 0.
>
>neighbor ip-address [priority number] [poll-interval seconds]
>no neighbor ip-address [priority number] [poll-interval seconds]
>
>Syntax Description
>
> ip-address
> Interface IP address of the neighbor.
> number
> (Optional) 8-bit number indicating the router priority value of
>the nonbroadcast neighbor associated with the IP
> address specified. The default is 0.
> seconds
> (Optional) Unsigned integer value reflecting the poll interval.
>RFC 1247 recommends that this value be much larger
> than the hello interval. The default is 2 minutes (120 seconds).
>
>Cheryl Richardson
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Trunk [SMTP:rtrunk@xatlantic.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 12:20 PM
> > To: Chuah Eng Wee; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: Neighbor command Jeff Doyle Pg557-558
> >
> > The default priority is 1, not 0
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chuah Eng Wee < chuahew@cyberway.com.sg
> > <mailto:chuahew@cyberway.com.sg>>
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com <mailto:ccielab@groupstudy.com> <
> > ccielab@groupstudy.com <mailto:ccielab@groupstudy.com>>
> > Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:44 AM
> > Subject: Neighbor command Jeff Doyle Pg557-558
> >
> >
> > Hi pple,
> >
> > I tried out the config in Jeff Doyle's book pg 557-558. But I have
> > some problem with the neighbor command.
> >
> > Hub router
> > > router ospf 10
> > > network ......
> > > neighbor spokeA-ip ### according to documentation, if not
> > specified =0
> > > neighbor spkeB-ip ### according to documentation, if not specified
> > =0
> >
> > >
> > > At spokeA,
> > > router ospf 10
> > > neigh Hub-ip priority 10 ## to make the hub router the DR
> > >
> > > At spokeB,
> > > neigh Hub-ip priority 10 ## to make the hub router the DR
> >
> > >
> > I read from the documentation and Jeff's book that if priority for
> > the neighbor command is not specified, it'll
> > be priority 0, which implies it will not participate in DR/BDR
> > election. WIth the above config,
> > the hub router should become DR since the spoke router cannot
> > participate in DR/BDR election.
> >
> > At the spoke, the configuration will change the priority to 1 after
> > a while even when I keyed in the priority to be 10. The same thing
>happens
> > to the hub. WHy ?? If we can't change the priority, then why have the
> > option. I am using 11.2(18)
> >
> > I know that we can set ip ospf priority at the interface. I just
> > wonder why the neighbor command behave so strangely.
> >
> >
> > THanks
> > ENg Wee
> >
> >



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