From: Tim Fletcher (tim@fletchmail.net)
Date: Thu Feb 13 2003 - 13:43:00 GMT-3
At 10:17 PM 12/1/2002 -0600, Jason Cash wrote:
>Ok what does the following mean:
>
>router isis
> redistribute ospf 1 metric 32 metric-type internal level-1-2
>
>I take it to mean:
>Redistribute OSPF Process 1 into ISIS with a metric of 32.
>Make those routes ISIS internal
"metric-type internal" refers to the OSPF routes you are redistributing,
not to ISIS. This means that no OSPF external routes will be redisributed.
>
>But what does that level-1-2 mean? OSPF does not have level-1-2 routes.
"level-1-2" means redistribute the routes as ISIS level 1 and 2 routes.
>
>Also, under the OSPF process the solution is listed as:
>
>router ospf 1
>redistribute isis level-1-2 metric 100 metric-type 1 subnets tag 1024
>
>I take this to mean:
>Redistribute ISIS process (both level 1,2 routes)
>Make them External Type1, classless
>
>
>Now what is the tag for? I know that when I do a 'sh ip ospf data' it
>marks these routes with that tag, but what significance does the tag
>play with any route process?
None. The tags do not affect the routing process. You can use them to help
identify the source of routes, or you can use them for filtering.
>
>It seems that redistribution is a weak point of mine, so I am trying to
>get this down!
>.
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