Re: OSPF: non-backbone areas

From: Packet Man (ccie2b@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 11 2004 - 15:20:39 GMT-3

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Thanks, Rick, for your response. I appreciate it.

Out of curiosity, since it doesn't seem to matter what the number is of
non-backbone areas, do you know what role the area number plays within an
OSPF network?

thanks again, pm

>From: rick@iptool.net
>Reply-To: rick@iptool.net
>To: "Packet Man" <ccie2b@hotmail.com>
>CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: OSPF: non-backbone areas
>Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:12:37 -0600 (CST)
>
>That configuration is perfectly OK. You can have multiple areas if you
>want as long as they are all connected to Area 0 in some fashion(directly
>or virtually) and they CAN all be area 1 if you want or any area for that
>matter.
>
>Rick
>
>
>
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > What issues or problems will there be with the following topology?
> >
> > R1 Area 1 R2 Area 0 R3 Area 1 R4
> >
> > I configured this topology by mistake, but couldn't find any routing
> > problems as a result. Everything worked fine, but it still doesn't seem
> > right. Aside from this probably being a very poor network design, are
> > there technical problems that could result from this configuration?
> >
> > Thank in advanced, pm
> >
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