Has Redistribution Behavior Changed Or Am I High?

From: Scott M Vermillion (scott@it-ag.com)
Date: Sat Dec 22 2007 - 00:28:18 ART


OK folks, admittedly a soft spot in my underbelly here.

 

Redistribution rules as I have come to understand them (not necessarily in
any kind of order):

 

--redistribute any routes learned from the protocol being redistributed

--redistribute any connected interfaces that are covered by network
statement under the protocol being redistributed

--however, if a 'redistribute connected' statement exists in the protocol
being redistributed, only redistribute those connected interfaces which are
allowed in the manual 'redistribute connected' statement

 

So, for example, if I have router R1 running both RIP and OSPF, and I have
redistributed my loopback interface into OSPF with a route-map permitting
*only* the loopback to go into OSPF, then if I then later redistribute OSPF
into RIP, I will get all routes learned by OSPF in RIP but I will not get
the networks of directly connected links/interfaces running OSPF, because my
route-map didn't encompass anything but the loopback interface.

I thought I finally understood this concept correctly. Do I?

 

Because in my lab, I'm not seeing this. I have the exact scenario above
configured. In a Solutions Guide, it shows doing a 'redistribute connected'
under the RIP process, presumably in an effort to pull in directly connected
non-RIP/OSPF networks as well as those *learned* by OSPF. Right? Or wrong?
Because I am observing zero difference whether this manual redistribution of
connected exists under the RIP process or not. I do in fact seem to get the
directly connected non-RIP/OSPF networks showing up in and being advertised
into RIP, even sans a manual redistribution of connected under RIP.

 

So I ask you once again, am I on something good? Are my pupils perhaps a
little dilated this evening? Please advise.

 

Regards all,

Scott



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