From: tom cheung (tkc9789@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Sep 07 2001 - 10:27:28 GMT-3
I wonder if you can redistribute the /28 subnet as "connected" on r5 so that
it'll appear on r4 as external route. That way, the /28 external can be
summarized on r4 using "summary-address".
>From: Jason Gardiner <gardiner@sprint.net>
>Reply-To: Jason Gardiner <gardiner@sprint.net>
>To: CCIE <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: OSPF Virtual Link Question
>Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 09:05:22 -0400
>
>I'm finishing up Fatkid 501 expert redistribution and came across an
>interesting issue.
>
>Router 4 and 5 are connected through ethernet in area 2. Router 5 is
>also connected to area 0. Router 4 is connected to area 3. Obviously
>the area 3 must use area 2 as transit for the virtual link.
>
>It then appears that router 4 is treated as if it's in area 0, as far as
>I can tell. Router 5 had a connected /28 that I tried to make into a
>/24 announcement for router 4's redistribution into IGRP and RIP. I
>used AREA 0 RANGE command. However, it still showed up as a /28 in
>router 4's routing table. Once I removed the virtual link, the route
>was announced as a /24.
>
>Basically, what I had to end up doing is adding a loopback address on R4
>from an unused part of the /24 range and summarize. But this solution
>seems so kludgy. Can anyone else think of another way to do this?
>
>--
>Thanks,
>
>Jason Gardiner
>Supervisor, Engineering Services
>Sprint E|Solutions
>
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>still come out completely dry. Most people do."
>
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