Re: OSPF adjacency question

From: David Goldsmith (dgoldsmi@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu May 11 2000 - 10:21:12 GMT-3


   
You should probably look at this page...

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/104/12.html

"Kevin M. Woods" wrote:

> You mentioned that you have a full-mesh Frame Relay setup so this sounds like
> R2 and R3 have an active PVC between each other? If so, they will get to the
> 2WAY state because their muticasts are seen, but cannot exchange DD packets
> since Inverse ARP has been disabled and no map statements are pointing to the
> other side--hence they are stuck in EXSTART.
>
> Kevin
>
> // Hello,
> // I have a very simple frame relay/ospf question. For some reason, I
> // can't make this work ...
> //
> // I have a hub router (r1) and two spoke routers (r2 & r3). r1 has a
> // multipoint sub-interface and r2 & r3 are using physical FR interfaces.
> // They are all in the same ip subnet which is in OSPF Area 0.
> //
> // On r1: there are 2 frame-relay map statements pointing to r2 and r3, it i
s
> // configured as an "ip ospf netw point-multipoint".
> //
> // On r2 &r3 each : there is a single frame-relay map statement pointing to r
1
> // and the interface is also configured as "ip ospf netw point-multipoint".
> //
> // The problem is with OSPF adjacency - r1 has both r2 & r3 as neighbors wit
h
> // a state of FULL. r2 & r3 have r1 as their neighbor with a state of full
> // BUT they also have each other as neighbors and they are in an EXSTART
> // state.
> //
> // My understanding is that the two spoke routers should only form an
> // adjacency with the hub in this point-to-multipoint configuration. r2 and
> // r3 should not even try to become neighbors (?). I am working with a
> // full-mesh frame relay network but inverse-arp is disabled (by virtue of th
e
> // map statements and manually typing 'no frame-relay inverse-arp' at the
> // interfaces).
> //
> // Can anyone provide any suggestions? Thanks for your help.
> //
> // p.s. I have serached the archives but wasn't able to find an answer to thi
s
> // particular problem.
> //
> //
> // Meena Agnihotri
> // IBM Global Services - Network Services
> // 1630 Long Pond Road
> // Rochester, New York 14626
> //



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