Re: Discontiguous OSPF area 0

From: Persio Pucci (persiopucci@uol.com.br)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 14:25:32 GMT-3


Andy,

that's acceptable, but shall not be considered as a permanent solution. You
can use a virtual link to connect a discontiguous area 0 to make it show
like it is one continuous area. This is mostly used as a backup to prevent
an area 0 to be splitted during a failure...

Persio

----- Original Message -----
From: <ANDF@nnpi.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:43 PM
Subject: Discontiguous OSPF area 0

> Hello all,
>
> The chapter 32 lab in IP Expert version 3.0, has two area 0s that are
> separated by another area. The solution connects the area 0s through a
> virtual link. Is this a valid configuration? I was under the impression
that
> the OSPF area 0 cannot be discontiguous. Any comments?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy Fernandes



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