Re: ospf virtual-links vs GRE

From: James (james@towardex.com)
Date: Wed Oct 06 2004 - 16:16:44 GMT-3


On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 06:01:59PM +0000, Eric Hoffman wrote:
> Be careful here folks!
>
> Whenever implementing GRE tunnels, be sure to reference this page:
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/105/gre_flap.html

Excellent point!

In case of GRE tunneling where both routers are directly connected
by a physical media, but are on different area, this concern is not
necessary. But in a multi-hop gre tunnel, one must ensure the address
routed over the tunnel does not interfere with the tunneling endpoints.
This can be done via static route as a popular method, but static
route is usually not permitted in the lab tests, therefore you must
devise a secondary plan to do that. Think route-filters, AD and other
tools that are available to you.

HTH,
-J

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