From: Brian Dennis (brian@xxxxxx)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 23:44:14 GMT-3
Because now the router thinks he has an interface in area 0. Type the
"sho ip ospf" command again and your router should say that it has one
interface in area 0 and that being the virtual link.
Brian
-----Original Message-----
From: steven owen [mailto:trueccie@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:34 PM
To: Brian Dennis; 'ccielab'
Subject: RE: What does "Area BACKBONE(0) (Inactive)" mean?
after i build a virtual link,the "inactive"disappears,
Why.
Thanks.
--- Brian Dennis <brian@5g.net> wrote:
> Not having interfaces or neighbors in an area can
> make an area inactive.
>
>
> Sometimes when I don't get enough coffee in the
> morning I become
> inactive myself ;-)
>
> Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP Dial)
> bdennis@5g.net
> 5G Networks, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> steven owen
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 6:30 PM
> To: ccielab
> Subject: What does "Area BACKBONE(0) (Inactive)"
> mean?
>
> when i "show ip ospf",i got the following ,
> Area BACKBONE(0) (Inactive)
> Number of interfaces in this area is 0
> Area has message digest authentication
> SPF algorithm executed 1 times
> Area ranges are
> Number of LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x0
> Number of opaque link LSA 0. Checksum Sum
> 0x0
> Number of DCbitless LSA 0
> Number of indication LSA 0
> Number of DoNotAge LSA 0
> Flood list length 0
>
> even in another scenario ,one router has an int in
> area 0,
> i got
> Area BACKBONE(0) (Inactive)
> Number of interfaces in this area is 1
>
>
> so what does "inactive"mean?
>
> Thanks
>
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