Strange Routing choice with OSPF Virtual-Link

From: cciein2006@yahoo.com
Date: Wed Sep 21 2005 - 13:17:20 GMT-3


Hello group,

I am seeing some interesting behaviour on my ospf network with virtual links.
Here is a diagram:

    Area 1
_________________
  | |
  | |
(RTR1) (RTR2)
  | Area2 |
 | | 141.108.10.0/30
  | |
(RTR3)-_-_-(RTR4)
     Area 0

Router ID's
RTR1 131.108.5.1
RTR2 131.108.6.2
RTR3 141.108.10.10
RTR4 141.108.10.6

Area 1 contains the ethernet segment between RTR1 and RTR2
Area 2 contains the Serial Links between RTR1 and RTR3 and between RTR2 and RTR4
Area 0 contains the Serial Link between RTR3 and RTR4.

Virtual links are configured between RTR1 and RTR3 and between RTR2 and RTR4.

My problem is that RTR1 prefers the path to 141.108.10.0 network via two serial links (R1 to R3 and R3 to R4)
rather than the ethernet segment to R2.

RTR1#show ip route 141.108.10.0
Routing entry for 141.108.10.0/30
  Known via "ospf 1", distance 110, metric 192, type inter area
  Last update from 141.108.10.10 on Serial3/0, 19:25:21 ago
  Routing Descriptor Blocks:
  * 141.108.10.10, from 141.108.10.6, 19:25:21 ago, via Serial3/0
      Route metric is 192, traffic share count is 1

RTR1#

RTR1#show ip ospf database summary 141.108.10.0

            OSPF Router with ID (131.108.5.1) (Process ID 1)

                Summary Net Link States (Area 0)

  LS age: 83 (DoNotAge)
  Options: (No TOS-capability, DC, Upward)
  LS Type: Summary Links(Network)
  Link State ID: 141.108.10.0 (summary Network Number)
  Advertising Router: 131.108.6.2
  LS Seq Number: 80000001
  Checksum: 0xDF6
  Length: 28
  Network Mask: /30
        TOS: 0 Metric: 64

  Routing Bit Set on this LSA
  LS age: 1577 (DoNotAge)
  Options: (No TOS-capability, DC, Upward)
  LS Type: Summary Links(Network)
  Link State ID: 141.108.10.0 (summary Network Number)
  Advertising Router: 141.108.10.6
  LS Seq Number: 80000005
  Checksum: 0x7677
  Length: 28
  Network Mask: /30
        TOS: 0 Metric: 64

                Summary Net Link States (Area 1)

  LS age: 1747
  Options: (No TOS-capability, DC, Upward)
  LS Type: Summary Links(Network)
  Link State ID: 141.108.10.0 (summary Network Number)
  Advertising Router: 131.108.5.1
  LS Seq Number: 80000023
  Checksum: 0xDA88
  Length: 28
  Network Mask: /30
        TOS: 0 Metric: 192

  LS age: 1447
  Options: (No TOS-capability, DC, Upward)
  LS Type: Summary Links(Network)
  Link State ID: 141.108.10.0 (summary Network Number)
  Advertising Router: 131.108.6.2
  LS Seq Number: 80000025
  Checksum: 0xC41B
  Length: 28
  Network Mask: /30
        TOS: 0 Metric: 64

                Summary Net Link States (Area 2)

  LS age: 1749
  Options: (No TOS-capability, DC, Upward)
  LS Type: Summary Links(Network)
  Link State ID: 141.108.10.0 (summary Network Number)
  Advertising Router: 131.108.5.1
  LS Seq Number: 80000023
  Checksum: 0xDA88
  Length: 28
  Network Mask: /30
        TOS: 0 Metric: 192

  LS age: 1749
  Options: (No TOS-capability, DC, Upward)
  LS Type: Summary Links(Network)
  Link State ID: 141.108.10.0 (summary Network Number)
  Advertising Router: 141.108.10.10
  LS Seq Number: 80000025
  Checksum: 0xA0E8
  Length: 28
  Network Mask: /30
        TOS: 0 Metric: 128

RTR1#

Why would OSPF choose a path with metric 192 over 64?



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