Re: secondary address no longer works?

From: Dan (dp595@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 11:15:36 GMT-3


   
Secondary networks do not support multicast/broadcast traffic last time I
checked, therefore you'll need to use a workaround here.
Another method instead of the tunnel is to configure unicast "neighbors" for
your routing protocol.

Dan Pontrelli
CCIE# 8040

> Am I the only person have troubles with the secondary address? I have
> the following (everything is in 172.16.x.x/16):
>
> 24.1/24----\
> R2--2.2/24-ospf-2.1/24--R6--1.1/28-igrp-1.2/28--R3--3.1/28
> 28.1/28----/
>
> When I add the 2nd address 36.1/24 and 36.2/24 on r6 and r3, 24.1/24 is
> not seen in 'debug ip igrp trans'. When I switched the primary with
> the secondary addresses, i.e. /28 is secondary address and /24
> is primary address, only /24 routes can be seen in the debug. It looks
> like routes can only be distributed via primary interface.
>
> The problem was fixed by using the tunnel interface. But I'm wondering
> if you have seen this problems. I've checked the archives and someone
> said the secondary addresses would stop working if you reboot the
> router. I've used it in the past without any problems, but wondering
> if this is a bad choice.
>
> Thanks,
> Chang
>
>
>



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