Re: Equal Administrative Distance, Different Protocols

From: Erick B. (erickbe@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 19:42:32 GMT-3


Can you get a capture of

show ip ospf data external 170.10.19.0

Take a look at the OSPF fwd'ing address tech tip, the
forwarding address for this external route may be a
better route.

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/104/10.html

--- David Hiers <dhiers@flatrock.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to select routes from different
> protocols based on cost alone. I have set the
> administrative distance of OSPF, ISIS, and EIGRP to
> 109, and the routes are selected as if the ADs are
> at their defaults. Here's an example showing r3,
> which gets the same route from ISIS and OSPF:
>
> The ospf link is dead now, and ISIS shows the route:
>
> r3#sir 170.10.19.0
> Routing entry for 170.10.19.0/26
> Known via "isis", distance 109, metric 30, type
> level-2
> Redistributing via isis, eigrp 33
> Advertised by eigrp 33 level-2
> Last update from 170.10.35.5 on Serial0, 00:00:03
> ago
> Routing Descriptor Blocks:
> * 170.10.35.5, from 170.10.15.1, via Serial0
> Route metric is 30, traffic share count is 1
>
>
> bring up the ospf link here:
>
> *Mar 1 03:41:07.735: RT: closer admin distance for
> 170.10.19.0, flushing 1 routes
> *Mar 1 03:41:07.739: RT: add 170.10.19.0/26 via
> 170.10.24.4, ospf metric [109/1000000]
>
>
>
> r3#sir 170.10.19.0
> Routing entry for 170.10.19.0/26
> Known via "ospf 1", distance 109, metric 1000000,
> type extern 2, forward metric 74
> Redistributing via eigrp 33
> Advertised by eigrp 33
> Last update from 170.10.24.4 on Serial1, 00:01:08
> ago
> Routing Descriptor Blocks:
> * 170.10.24.4, from 222.5.5.5, 00:01:08 ago, via
> Serial1
> Route metric is 1000000, traffic share count
> is 1
>
>
> There seems to be some other tie-breaker in effect
> here, especially when you consider the huge cost on
> the OSPF route. Perhaps AD is ALWAYS a tie breaker,
> even if you try to force the issue.
>
> I get similar results with EIGRP as well.
>
> Has anyone ever seen this behavior?
>
> David
>
>
>
>
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