From: Yasser Aly (blackyeyes00@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 05 2003 - 18:17:05 GMT-3
Does this apply to routers in same area only or all routers even in
different OSPF areas ?
>From: "Leigh Bichard" <leigh@clara.co.uk>
>Reply-To: "Leigh Bichard" <leigh@clara.co.uk>
>To: "Rob Laidlaw" <laidlaw@consecro.com>
>CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: OSPF auto-cost
>Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:23:50 +0000
>
>Rob
>
>Makes sense.
>
>Thanks
>
>Rob Laidlaw writes:
>
>>Good rule of thumb is yes, so everyone is apple to apple. If you have two
>>paths, and one guy is using a reference bandwidth of 1gig and the other is
>>default, 100m, then the cost will be advertised different in the LSA's.
>>Now
>>lets assume that the best path is actually through the box with the
>>auto-cost changed because he might have a oc-3 interface as opposed to the
>>guy whose still at the default config with his 100 meg Ethernet. if you
>>change the cost, on one but not the other, but router with the default
>>config will advertise a cost of 1 with his lsa, and the modified router
>>will
>>advertise a cost of 6 or 7.
>>
>>Good rule of thumb is if you change one, change them all.
>>
>>-Rob
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Leigh Bichard" <leigh@clara.co.uk>
>>To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:31 AM
>>Subject: OSPF auto-cost
>>
>>
>>>I can't find a definitive but does auto-cost, if changed, need to be
>>applied
>>>to all OSPF routers in ALL areas?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
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