Re: The Forwarding Address of Type 7-to-Type 5 LSAs

From: Toh Soon, Lim (tohsoon28@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Sep 13 2007 - 22:26:57 ART


Hi Ron,

Thanks for your reply.

My usual practice is I fix the OSPF router-id. Please see my config below:

ASBR in NSSA Area 1
-------------------
hostname R1
!
interface Loopback0
 ip address 150.50.1.1 255.255.255.255
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
 description *** Connection to NSSA ABR (router-id 150.50.2.2) ***
 ip address 150.50.10.1 255.255.255.0
!
router ospf 1
 router-id 150.50.1.1
 log-adjacency-changes
 area 1 nssa
 redistribute rip subnets
 network 150.50.10.1 0.0.0.0 area 1
!

Internal router in Area 0
-------------------------
R6#sh ip os da ex 192.168.1.0

            OSPF Router with ID (150.50.6.6) (Process ID 1)

                Type-5 AS External Link States

  Routing Bit Set on this LSA
  LS age: 69
  Options: (No TOS-capability, DC)
  LS Type: AS External Link
  Link State ID: 192.168.1.0 (External Network Number )
  Advertising Router: 150.50.2.2
  LS Seq Number: 8000000C
  Checksum: 0x8109
  Length: 36
  Network Mask: /24
        Metric Type: 2 (Larger than any link state path)
        TOS: 0
        Metric: 20
        Forward Address: 150.50.10.1
        External Route Tag: 0

Without covering lo0 in Area 1 on R1, routers in Area 0 will receive the LSA
with Forward Address of 150.50.10.1 (R1's Fa0/0). Though it's not a
significant problem, I just want to have the right understanding of how OSPF
determines the forwarding address.

I understand that if the forwarding address is not reachable, the route will
not be installed in the RIB.

Thank you.

B.Rgds,
Lim TS

On 9/14/07, Ron Lim <gottobeccie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Toh Soon,
>
> My understanding is the router-id specified on router OSPF else highest IP
> loopback address then highest IP interface (UP, UP) mode.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Regards,
> Ron
>
>
> On 9/14/07, Toh Soon, Lim <tohsoon28@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Group,
> >
> > I have an ASBR in an NSSA. It is redistributing RIP into OSPF. I cover
> > it's
> > loopback interface in the NSSA area. The ABR of the NSSA is not
> > configured
> > to suppress the forwarding address when translating Type-7 to Type-5
> > LSAs.
> >
> > Other routers in Area 0 see the redistributed routes having the
> > Advertising
> > Router as the ABR's router-id and the Forward Address as the ASBR's
> > loopback
> > ip.
> >
> > When I remove the ASBR's loopback ip from the NSSA area, the Forward
> > Address
> > becomes the ASBR's interface IP address out which it advertised the
> > Type-7
> > LSAs.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what is the normal behavior OSPF determines the
> > forwarding address? Appreciate your comments.
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > B.Rgds,
> > Lim TS
> >
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