Solution of OSPF in NBMA.

From: Pinku Doshi (pinkudoshi@indiatimes.com)
Date: Sat Nov 16 2002 - 23:39:17 GMT-3


Hi Eric,

I think u are getting confused..Let me just brief u..

1. At the hub site which is a multilink interface do not put the ip ospf priority command , instead put the neighbor command with the priority 0 keyword. You cna check the same by show ip ospf neighbors which will show the state as : attempt/DROTHER, this means that the hub as considered itself as the DR.

2. If the spoke site is also point to multipoint let the defaul configuration be as it is, do not comfigure the ip ospf network & also do not configure the ip ospf priority on the interface.

This will force the Hub site as the DR which will solve the problem of timers, DR & also the Route exchange .

I hope this might help u better understand the issue, i recommend u to test the same in the lab..This definately works well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Thanks

Pinku P Doshi

"eric" wrote:

Hey Guys,
Anybody that can shed some light on this I would really appreciate it.
I have a multi-point interface going to two spokes I configure ip ospf pri
of 255 on my mp. interface and then I add a neigh. statement under the ospf
process with a priority of 0.
Using the ? after this gives me an option of 0-255. and yet when I do a sh
run it always defaults to 1.

First Why
Second how do I guarantee that the spokes never become the dr.
do i have to go to each spoke and configue a pri of 0 under the interfaces
to get this guarantee.
Its been a bit frustrating that with my original config. Sometimes one of
the spokes becomes a DR.

regards,
~eric

Original conf
interface Serial0.735 multipoint
ip address 150.50.38.7 255.255.255.224
ip ospf priority 255
frame-relay map ip 150.50.38.3 175 broadcast
frame-relay map ip 150.50.38.8 178 broadcast
no frame-relay inverse-arp

router ospf 1
router-id 150.50.77.77
log-adjacency-changes
redistribute rip subnets
redistribute eigrp 124 subnets
network 150.50.38.7 0.0.0.0 area 357
network 150.50.77.77 0.0.0.0 area 357

!!!!!!!!!My statement is nei 150.50.38.3 pri 0 and this is what the ios
installs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

neighbor 150.50.38.8 priority 1
neighbor 150.50.38.3 priority 1
distance 130
distance 110 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 2

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