Soup to Nuts OSPF Lab 2: Authentication question

From: Omkar Tambalkar (omkar.groupstudy@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 18 2008 - 20:27:19 ART


I am confused in OSPF lab 2 for Authentication.

The way initial configuraton gets done, the ABR of area 2 is not connected
to area 0 directly but is connected to area 1. Area 1 has another ABR that
is connected to Area 0. Obviously other routers in area 2 cannot receive
routes from areas except area 2 and vice versa unless virtual link is
created by using area 1 as transit area.

The task is to to ensure that all routers in the OSPF domain have
reachability to the advertised networks in OSPF. Without specifics, should I
just configure the virtual link to obtain reachability or there is a typo in
describing initial configuration such that area 0 should really replace area
1 in the topology so that it is in the backbone?

R1--------area 2------------R2
                                  |
                                  |
                                  area 1
                                  |
                                  |
 R4--------area 0------------R3

- Later,
Omkar

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