Re: Resolved, was OSPF Virtual Link Authentication [7:23867]

From: Richard Foltz (ccie2b@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 11:30:50 GMT-3


   
I've got multiple 2500s here at my home lab running 12.0(14) and they all
can do 'clear ip ospf process'.

r2504#clear ip ospf proc
Reset ALL OSPF processes? [no]: yes
r2504#

Richard Foltz, CCNP-Voice, CCDP, MCSE+I, Network+, A+
RTP 11/2

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Neiberger" <neiby@excite.com>
To: "Richard Foltz" <ccie2b@rfoltz.com>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: Resolved, was OSPF Virtual Link Authentication [7:23867]

> What IOS version has that command? I've never seen anything other than
> "clear ip ospf redistribution". That would certainly fix the problem. In
a
> lot of cases simply shutting down the interface for a bit and then
> restarting it clears things up. With the authentication issue, though, it
> never seemed to work.
>
> BTW, I just checked. Clear ip ospf process is not available on a 2500 or
> 2600 but it is available on our 7513. I've never noticed that since we
> don't run OSPF at work.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 23:29:03 -0500, Richard Foltz wrote:
>
> | might wanna try a 'clear ip ospf process' instead of rebooting all the
> time.
> |
> | Richard Foltz, CCNP-Voice, CCDP, MCSE+I, Network+, A+
> | 3rd Attemp @ RTP 11/2-3
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "John Neiberger" <neiby@excite.com>
> | To: <cisco@groupstudy.com>
> | Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> | Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:07 PM
> | Subject: Resolved, was OSPF Virtual Link Authentication [7:23867]
> |
> |
> | > Well...sort of resolved. After upgrading more of my routers to
> 12.1(10) I
> | > rebuilt my lab and attempted the ospf lab again. This time it still
> would
> | > not work, but instead of getting a Mismatched Authentication Key
error
> | > during debugging I was getting a Mismatched Authentication Type. It
> | claimed
> | > that one end was using Type 0 and the other was Type 1. I don't
really
> | know
> | > what that means so I tinkered for a while.
> | >
> | > I tried many different combinations to no avail and eventually put
> | > everything back the way I honestly thought it should be. Still
> nothing.
> | > So, I rebooted...and guess what...it came up just fine.
> | >
> | > This really irritates me. Why would I need to reboot? It seems like
I
> do
> | a
> | > lot of rebooting when playing with ospf! :-) Maybe that's just me,
> | though.
> | >
> | > Anyway, here is what the final working config looks like (and it's
> exactly
> | > what I *thought* should have worked in the first place):
> | >
> | > R4 is in Area 0 and Area 1. R5 connects to R4 and has interfaces in
> area
> | 5.
> | >
> | > R4 ospf config:
> | >
> | > router ospf 1
> | > log-adjacency-changes
> | > area 0 authentication
> | > area 1 virtual-link 212.1.22.1 authentication-key cisco
> | > network 200.100.100.17 0.0.0.0 area 4
> | > network 212.1.22.33 0.0.0.0 area 1
> | > network 212.1.22.84 0.0.0.0 area 0
> | >
> | > R5 ospf config:
> | >
> | > router ospf 1
> | > network 212.1.22.34 0.0.0.0 area 1
> | > network 20.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 5
> | > network 20.1.2.1 0.0.0.0 area 5
> | > network 20.1.3.1 0.0.0.0 area 5
> | > area 0 authentication
> | > area 1 virtual-link 200.100.100.17 authentication-key cisco
> | > area 5 range 20.1.0.0 255.255.0.0
> | >
> | > Very simple, very straightforward, and dang it, it should have worked
> two
> | > days ago! Oh well. Perhaps I was overlooking something and tonight's
> | > configs are *exactly* the same as I had them two days ago.
> | >
> | > Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions!
> | >
> | > John
> | >
> | >
> | > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:40:50 -0400, Ryan Ngai Hon Kong wrote:
> | >
> | > | Don't you think fixing up the router-id in this scenario is
> | > | better to ensure consistent virtual link and since
> | > | you keep rebooting the router?
> | > |
> | > | Just an opinion. :)
> | > | Regards,
> | > | Ryan
> | > |
> | > | -----Original Message-----
> | > | From: John Neiberger [mailto:john.neiberger@efirstbank.com]
> | > | Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 10:06 PM
> | > | To: cisco@groupstudy.com
> | > | Subject: RE: OSPF Virtual Link Authentication [7:23867]
> | > |
> | > |
> | > | Thanks. I was configuring it as you suggest. I played around
with
> | this
> | > | more last night and I never got it to work. It's frustrating
> because
> | it
> | > | seems so simple, yet I must be missing something that's right
under
> my
> | > | nose.
> | > |
> | > | I had some problems with lab equipment last night that I finally
> | > | resolved. So, tonight I'll rebuild everything from scratch and
see
> if
> | I
> | > | can make it work.
> | > |
> | > | John
> | > |
> | > | >>> "Frank B" 10/23/01 1:10:15 AM >>>
> | > | Not sure if you received any possible issues other than the
> whitespace.
> | > | But
> | > | another common error...there are NO interface commands required
for
> | > | the
> | > | interfaces into the transit area. The authentication commands are
> | > | placed at
> | > | the end of the area x virtual-link command under the ospf process.
> | > | For
> | > | instance:
> | > |
> | > |
> | > | Ra-----area0-----Rb-----area1-----Rc-----area2------Rd
> | > |
> | > | If area0 requires authentication, the only commands required to
> | > | authenticate
> | > | on the virtual-link transiting area1 are:
> | > |
> | > | Rc#
> | > | router ospf 1
> | > | area 1 virtual-link [Rb rtr id] authenticatio-key cisco
> | > | area 0 authentication
> | > |
> | > | AND of course the same commands on the ospf process of Rb also.
> This
> | > | example was plain text but the "question mark" will help get you
the
> | > | md5
> | > | commands. The way I remember it...this virtual link IS my
interface
> | > | into
> | > | the backbone so I ONLY need to configure there.
> | > |
> | > | Hope this helps, aloha, Frank
> | > |
> | > | -----Original Message-----
> | > | From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On
Behalf
> Of
> | > | John Neiberger
> | > | Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 6:54 PM
> | > | To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> | > | Subject: OSPF Virtual Link Authentication
> | > |
> | > |
> | > | I was working on Fatkid 401 OSPF lab tonight and I could never get
> the
> | > | virtual link authentication to work correctly. No matter what I
> did,
> | > | I
> | > | would get errors stating I had a mismatched authentication key.
> Well,
> | > | the
> | > | key was "cisco" so that's not too hard to type in correctly.
Still,
> I
> | > | played with the configs on the two relevant routers and I rebooted
> | > | them
> | > | several times, all to no avail.
> | > |
> | > | I even changed the authentication type to md5 and got the same
> | > | message.
> | > | Very weird. I thought at one point this was an IOS issue because
one
> | > | router
> | > | was running 11.2(7) and the other 11.2(25a). I upgraded the first
> one
> | > | to
> | > | 11.2(25a) and I still see the same error.
> | > |
> | > | I peeked at the solution and saw that I had it configured exactly
> how
> | > | they
> | > | suggested. Then I checked CCO and saw that they suggest the same
> | > | configuration.
> | > |
> | > | Do any of you have any tips for configuring virtual link
> | > | authentication?
> | > | This seems to be a pretty simple config and I don't see what I'm
> | > | missing.
> | > |
> | > | Thanks,
> | > | John
> | > |
> | > |
> | > |
> | > |
> | > |



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