From: tom cheung (tkc9789@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 00:35:06 GMT-3
Mark,
If your regular ospf area has md5 authentication, make sure you also have
"area x virtual authentication message-digest". Without it, debug ospf adj
should show mismatch authentication ....
Tom
>From: "SALMON, MARK (SBMS)" <MARK.SALMON@cingular.com>
>Reply-To: "SALMON, MARK (SBMS)" <MARK.SALMON@cingular.com>
>To: "'ccielab@groupstudy.com'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: Authentication and virtual links revisited
>Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:06:40 -0500
>
>I configured area 0 authentication on all my relevant routers (backbone and
>virtual link) but I have a puzzler, I have full connectivity yet I do not
>have the authentication appended to the end of the virtual link
>configuration
>
>
>r1---fr(area 0)----r3---(area 2)---r2----(Area 3)----r5
>
>r3 & r2 have the virtual link configuration on them. I have area 0
>authentication message-digest on r1, r3 and r2. All routers have full
>reachability and no errors in the debug.
>
>My question is why? Should I not have to configure the authentication (a
>rhetorical question maybe as it seems to work fine without the additional
>commands) along with the virtual link command? Eg area x virtual link
>y.y.y.y authentication message-digest-key etc?
>
>
>Mark Salmon
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>Cingular Wireless
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