From: Kenneth Wygand (KWygand@customonline.com)
Date: Sun Jul 18 2004 - 14:53:50 GMT-3
I agree with James. However, when they say "most appropriate area", you
must also consider other criteria as well. For example, maybe they want
you to advertise a loopback with the original mask, but they prohibit
you from using the "ip ospf network" statement. You are also required
to enter this network into OSPF with the "network" command (cannot
"redistribute connected"). In this case, what other consideration
should you keep in mind when choosing the most appropriate area?
Kenneth E. Wygand
Systems Engineer, Project Services
CISSP #37102, CCNP, CCDP, ACSP, Cisco IPT Design Specialist, MCP, CNA,
Network+, A+
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
James
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 1:17 PM
To: diptish doshi
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Put the loopback in appropriate Area or Routing Domains
.....
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 08:34:42AM -0700, diptish doshi wrote:
> hi all ,
>
> Many a times in ospf configurations it is written
> " Put the loopback in the appropriate area " ... im a
> bit confused with it ... as i dont understand as to on
> what criteria and what scenario should i consider
> while taking that decision ....
> Same is the case when there are various routing
> domain in the router and we have to put the loopback
> in the " APPROPRIATE " domain ...
> Can anybody guide me ... how to select this so
> called APPROPRIATE thing .????
To me, I usually interpret this statement as:
"Put the loopback in the backbone area, or in an area that is closer
toward
the Backbone."
-J
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