From: Todd Carswell (acarswell@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 17:06:37 GMT-3
BTW - the virtual-link will NOT depend on routing table entries. It looks
at the ospf database to find the RID. Thus, you don't have to worry that
your router will not "see" the RID of the neighbor on the other side of the
transit area.
Todd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Przemyslaw Karwasiecki" <karwas@ifxcorp.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: OSPF virtual links
> Group,
>
> Simple question:
>
> Is it possible to create virtual link (connect virtual areas)
> using interface address instead of OSPF router ID?
> Cisco documentation says:
> area <area-id> virtual-link <router-id>
>
> Obviously, using RID is better for stability reasons,
> but one can imagine hyphothetical situation when OSPF RID
> is not in routing table, so it would not be reachable for
> virtual-link.
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Przemek
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