Re: Newbe question - Relevance of OSPF

My first post to the list and I screw it up!!!

Yes I wanted to asked about the process ID, not router ID. See what happens
when I don't have my coffee.

/facepalm

Do the process IDs need to be the same on an MPLS link?

Thanks for the replies,

Jonathan

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Michael Kiefer <mjkiefer_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Jonathan,
>
> It's never acceptable to have duplicate router-ids. It leads to database
> problems, flood wars, and other nastiness. Process ids on the hand are
> always locally significant.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Jonathan Smitthers <
> jsmitthers2011_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a new member so please excuse the question if it is too easy or
>> already
>> been answered 100's of times.
>>
>> Normally the OSPF router id is only locally significant. But I seem to
>> recall reading that the router ID's must match through an MPLS connection.
>> Why? That makes no sense at all! Is the router ID transmitted through
>> MPLS?
>>
>> I appreciate the help and look forward to studying with all of you. Today
>> is day 1 of a long journey!
>>
>> Jonathan Smitthers
>>
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