From: P729 (p729@cox.net)
Date: Fri Dec 26 2003 - 16:24:02 GMT-3
Great explanation Bob. Another clue is there is no provision in the OSPF
Hello protocol for telling a neighbor what the neighbor's priority should
be. You only indicate what your own priority is.
Happy holidays,
Mas Kato
https://ecardfile.com/id/mkato
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Sinclair" <bsin@cox.net>
To: "Ashok Verma (ashoverm)" <ashoverm@cisco.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: OSPF in NBMA networks
> Ashok,
>
> What you are seeing is common and probably not a "bug".
>
> Much of the documentation seems to say that you can control the priority
of
> a neighbor with this command. But the command docs actually say that the
> neighbor priority command "indicates the router priority value of the
> nonbroadcast neighbor associated with the IP address specified". In
> practice, it "indicates" the same way a speedometer "indicates" your
speed:
> it shows but does not determine.
>
> Even Doyle seems to say that you can control a neighbor's priority with
this
> command, but I have never seen it actually work.
>
> In practice, you will find that only entering the priority on the local
> interface will actually determine a priority. You will also find that the
> local neighbor priority command reflects the priority configured on the
> remote neighbor interface, and will change with it.
>
> HTH,
>
> -Bob Sinclair
> CCIE #10427, CISSP, MCSE
> www.netmasterclass.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ashok Verma (ashoverm)" <ashoverm@cisco.com>
> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 5:20 AM
> Subject: OSPF in NBMA networks
>
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > I have a query about NEIGHBOR command, which is used in the NBMA network
> > to make the ospf peering
> >
> > When we define the #neighbour x.x.x.x priority 0
> >
> > What is the priority 0 means . Is it mean the other side router can not
> > become the DR .
> >
> > One more observation I have is even if configure the # neighbour x.x.x.x
> > priority 0
> >
> > When I check the configuration I see it as #neighbour x.x.x.x priority 1
> > .....is it a bug ?
> >
> >
> > Thanx
> >
> > Ashok Kumar Verma
> > CCIP,CCDP,CCNP
> > Network Consulting Engineer
> > Customer Advocacy Advanced Service Dep.
> > Service Provider AS Div.2
> > Cisco Systems, K.K.Japan.
> >
> > Tel: +81-3-5324-4583
> > e-mail: ashoverm@cisco.com
> >
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