Re: Loopback, OSPF, and 32 mask

From: Elver Sena (cled@xxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jan 30 2001 - 17:08:44 GMT-3


   
Mike/Alvaro,

The ip ospf networkd point-to-point did the trick. Thanks.

Elver
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Mike McSpedon=20
  To: Elver Sena=20
  Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 2:45 PM
  Subject: Re: Loopback, OSPF, and 32 mask

  The command ip ospf network point-to-point under the subinterface will =
make the route appear in the routing table with whatever mask you =
configured on it.

  HTH,
  Mike
  At 02:35 PM 1/30/01 -0500, you wrote:

    Hi,

    I've been looking for an answer to this and I can't seem to find it. =
 I =3D
    looked in the archives, Cisco website, Thomas book, ...

    I have a loopback with a mask of 32 and advertised on OSPF. All =
other =3D
    OSPF routers were able to see this unicast address and put it in the =
=3D
    routing table.

    I then changed the mask of the same loopback to 24, and made the =3D
    appropiate "network..." change in OSPF. No OSPF router is now =
putting =3D
    the loopback in the routing table but they do see the router link =
for =3D
    the loopback's network in the OSPF database (LSA Type 1).

    I once heard that to make OSPF advertise a network mask on a =
loopback =3D
    (other than 32) an additional command must be added. Does any one =
have =3D
    any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Elver



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